Table 1 Demographic, behavioral, clinical and laboratory characteristics at baseline and follow-up stratified by HIV-serostatus.

From: HIV indirectly accelerates coronary artery disease by promoting the effects of risk factors: longitudinal observational study

Characteristic

HIV-infected (n = 226)

HIV-uninfected (n = 74)

HIV-infected vs. HIV-uninfected

Baseline

Follow-up

p

Baseline

Follow-up

p

Baseline p

Follow-up p

Anthropometrics

Age (year)

48.7 ± 7.0

52.7 ± 7.2

 < 0.0001

45.8 ± 7.6

49.7 ± 7.3

 < 0.0001

0.405

0.570

Male sex (n, %)

163 (72.1%)

163 (72.1%)

1.000

47 (63.5%)

47 (63.5%)

1.000

0.188

0.188

BMI (kg/m2)

26.2 ± 5.1

26.7 ± 5.5

0.010

27.7 ± 5.7

27.5 ± 5.5

0.711

0.056

0.068

Follow-up time (years)

 

4.0 ± 2.2

  

3.8 ± 2.6

  

0.416

Cardiovascular risk factors

ASCVD risk (%)

8.1 ± 7.7

10.7 ± 8.0

 < 0.0001

6.0 ± 5.0

8.5 ± 7.1

 < 0.0001

0.814

0.708

Hypertension (n, %)

33 (14.6%)

67 (29.7%)

 < 0.001

10 (13.5%)

22 (29.7%)

0.001

1.000

1.000

Diabetes (n, %)

7 (3.1%)

18 (8.0%)

0.003

2 (2.7%)

3 (4.1%)

1.000

1.000

0.306

Positive family history (n, %)

61 (27.0%)

79 (35.0%)

 < 0.0001

18 (24.3%)

24 (32.4%)

0.041

0.761

0.778

Report of cigarette use (n, %)

187 (82.7%)

189 (83.6%)

0.480

61 (82.4%)

62 (83.8%)

1.000

1.000

1.000

Report of alcohol use (n, %)

189 (83.6%)

204 (90.3%)

0.001

66 (89.2%)

67 (90.5%)

1.000

0.348

1.000

Report of cocaine use (n, %)

111 (49.1%)

124 (54.9%)

 < 0.001

50 (67.6%)

50 (67.6%)

1.000

0.007

0.059

Duration of cocaine use among users (year)

15.4 ± 9.0

16.4 ± 9.0

 < 0.0001

12.4 ± 7.8

14.7 ± 8.5

 < 0.0001

0.423

0.488

Statin users (n, %)

25 (11.1%)

31 (13.7%)

0.041

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1.000

 < 0.001

 < 0.0001

Lipid profiles and laboratory results

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

169.7 ± 39.9

170.0 ± 39.40

0.916

187.2 ± 34.4

179.7 ± 36.7

0.064

0.768

0.795

LDL-C (mg/dL)

90.6 ± 35.8

88.3 ± 31.1

0.213

108.6 ± 32.0

98.6 ± 33.5

0.010

0.941

0.522

HDL-C (mg/dL)

52.3 ± 18.0

54.8 ± 19.9

0.010

57.9 ± 19.4

61.2 ± 25.7

0.076

0.216

0.202

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

131.7 ± 81.8

139.6 ± 93.0

0.207

103.3 ± 57.3

106.7 ± 54.6

0.826

0.092

0.854

Fasting glucose (mg/dL)

88.5 ± 20.4

95.5 ± 45.4

0.009

93.6 ± 45.4

94.8 ± 36.7

0.686

0.237

0.504

hsCRP (mg/dL)

3.1 ± 4.6

4.7 ± 9.9

0.015

3.8 ± 5.5

5.5 ± 11.3

0.185

0.052

0.079

HIV associated factors

Time since HIV diagnosis (year)

21.7 ± 8.8

25.7 ± 9.3

 < 0.0001

     

Antiretroviral therapy users (n, %)

200 (91.3%)

207 (95.8%)

0.013

     

NRTI users (n, %)

190 (86.8%)

197 (91.2%)

0.013

     

Duration of NRTI use (year)

5.7 ± 5.3

8.3 ± 6.2

 < 0.0001

     

NNRTI users (n, %)

100 (45.7%)

110 (50.9%)

0.004

     

Duration of NNRTI use (year)

5.1 ± 4.8

6.9 ± 5.4

 < 0.0001

     

PI users (n, %)

158 (72.2%)

166 (76.9%)

0.008

     

Duration of PI use (year)

6.1 ± 7.1

8.5 ± 7.7

 < 0.0001

     

Visual characteristics of coronary artery disease

Agatston-score (unit)

56.4 ± 195.0

102.6 ± 279.8

 < 0.0001

35.2 ± 82·0

64.8 ± 163.2

0.013

0.088

0.114

Number of plaques (unit)

2.1 ± 2.0

2.9 ± 2.1

 < 0.0001

1.9 ± 1·9

2.8 ± 2.0

 < 0.0001

0.888

0.736

Segment Stenosis Score (unit)

3.1 ± 3.6

5.0 ± 5.0

 < 0.0001

2.8 ± 3·1

4.1 ± 4.0

 < 0.0001

0.411

0.330

  1. Average and standard deviation for continuous variables, frequencies and proportion (%) for categorical variables are reported. p values are based on t-test or paired t-test as appropriate or chi-square test or McNemar-test as appropriate.
  2. Abbreviations: ASCVD risk cardiovascular risk defined by the ACC/AHA Guideline on the Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk; BMI body mass index (kg/m2); LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol; HIV human immunodeficiency virus; hsCRP high‐sensitivity C‐reactive protein; NRTI nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors; NNRTI non-nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors; PI protease inhibitors.
  3. Reused from: Kolossváry et al. Eur Radiol . 2021 Mar 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-021-07755-7. Online ahead of print.