Comparison of HIV patients with and without perfusion defects.

<p>*) two-sample t-test or Fisher's exact test. MPS, myocardial perfusion scintigraphy.BP, blood pressure.hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. sVCAM-1, soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1. sICAM-1, intercellular adhesion molecule-1. MMP9, matrix metallopeptidase 9.tPAI-1, tissue-type plasminogen activator inhibitor-1.</p><p>&) adjusted for metabolic syndrome, smoking status, age, gender, cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose and systolic blood pressure.</p

Characteristics of the study groups.

<p>*) Paired t-test or Related sample McNemar's test when categorical variables. NRTI, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor.NNRTI, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptaseinhibitor. PI, proteaseinhibitor. II, integraseinhibitor. EI, entry inhibitor.CHD, coronary heart disease.</p

Independent predictors of pericardial fat volume for HIV-patients and controls.

*<p>) Multivariate linear regression model. The following additional parameters were included in the initial model but excluded during stepwise backwards elimination of least significant parameters: plasma glucose, blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking (cigarettes/day), HIV duration^#, ART duration^#, CD4^#, CD4 nadir^#, and HIV RNA^#. #) Only analysis of HIV-patients.</p