Table 3.
Odds Ratios for Extremely High C-Reactive Protein Concentrations
| Defined as >10 mg/L | Defined as >30 mg/L | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% LL | 95% UL | OR | 95% LL | 95% UL | |
| HIV− (ref.) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HIV+, suppressed | 1.50 | 1.04 | 2.15 | 1.88 | 0.84 | 4.20 |
| HIV+, detectable | 1.74 | 1.22 | 2.48 | 2.84 | 1.29 | 6.25 |
| Previous extremely high CRP | 2.78 | 2.14 | 3.62 | 5.55 | 3.43 | 8.98 |
| 10 y of age | 1.27 | 1.14 | 1.42 | 1.39 | 1.15 | 1.68 |
| Non-White race | 1.34 | 1.08 | 1.65 | 1.42 | 0.94 | 2.16 |
| Current smoking | 1.24 | 1.02 | 1.50 | 0.88 | 0.61 | 1.26 |
| Injection drug use | 0.93 | 0.52 | 1.67 | 0.94 | 0.29 | 3.01 |
| Current hepatitis C infection | 0.89 | 0.62 | 1.28 | 1.12 | 0.58 | 2.17 |
| Obesity | 1.07 | 0.80 | 1.43 | 0.51 | 0.26 | 1.03 |
| Diabetes | 1.12 | 0.76 | 1.65 | 1.18 | 0.61 | 2.27 |
| Hypertension | 1.03 | 0.84 | 1.28 | 1.15 | 0.77 | 1.71 |
Notes: 95% LL = lower limit of 95% confidence interval; 95% UL = upper limit of 95% confidence interval; CRP = C-reactive protein; OR = odds ratio. Bold indicates p < .05.