Immune correlates of cardiovascular co-morbidity in HIV infected participants from South India

BMC Immunology

Table 3 Correlation of CD4 T-cell counts with sub-clinical CVD markers in the HIV + treatment naïve group

Sub-clinical CVD markers	Statistics	CD4 T-cell counts at the time of study enrollment
Estimated cardiac ejection time (msec)	Spearman (R)	0.336*
Estimated cardiac ejection time (msec)	p value	0.001
Estimated stroke volume (ml/beat)	Spearman (R)	0.385*
Estimated stroke volume (ml/beat)	p value	< 0.001
Estimated stroke volume index (ml/beat/m²)	Spearman (R)	0.352*
Estimated stroke volume index (ml/beat/m²)	p value	< 0.001
Estimated cardiac output (L/min)	Spearman (R)	0.395*
Estimated cardiac output (L/min)	p value	< 0.001
Estimated cardiac index (L/min/m²)	Spearman (R)	0.351*
Estimated cardiac index (L/min/m²)	p value	< 0.001
Large artery elasticity index (ml/mmHg × 10)	Spearman (R)	0.203*
Large artery elasticity index (ml/mmHg × 10)	p value	0.041
Small artery elasticity index (ml/mmHg × 100)	Spearman (R)	0.198*
Small artery elasticity index (ml/mmHg × 100)	p value	0.047
Systemic vascular resistance (dyne.sec.cm⁻⁵)	Spearman (R)	−0.244*
Systemic vascular resistance (dyne.sec.cm⁻⁵)	p value	0.014

*Indicates statistical significance. Spearman correlation was used to identify the correlations

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