Table 5 Correlation between HIV-related analytical parameters and subclinical atherosclerosis and endothelial dysfunction. Unadjusted model and sex- and age-adjusted model.

	CD4		Nadir CD4		Zenith VL
	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value
Unajusted model^a
Subclinical atheroesclerosis
IMT	0.11	0.33	0.01	0.94	0.19	0.11
CACs	0.06	0.59	0.14	0.24	0.01	0.91
Endothelial dysfunction
BHI	0.20	0.12	− 0.07	0.59	− 0.04	0.76
FMD	0.04	0.76	0.03	0.78	− 0.21	0.06
Very Early EPCs	− 0.04	0.71	0.07	0.56	− 0.07	0.54
EPCs	0.02	0.85	0.15	0.32	− 0.05	0.65
Sex and age ajusted model^a
Subclinical atheroesclerosis
IMT	0.06	0.54	0.29	0.77	0.13	0.21
CACs	0.02	0.86	0.10	0.38	0.08	0.48
Endothelial dysfunction
BHI	0.11	0.36	− 0.19	0.10	− 0.04	0.73
FMD	− 0.05	0.65	0.02	0.19	− 0.21	0.09
Very Early EPCs	− 0.05	0.67	0.07	0.62	− 0.09	0.41
EPCs	0.02	0.85	0.12	0.27	− 0.08	0.48

VL viral load, IMT intima media thickness, CACs coronary artery calcium score, BHI breath holding index, FMD flow mediated dilation, EPC endothelial progenitor cells.
^aMultiple linear regression models.

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