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Table 1 Participant characteristics by HIV serostatus (n = 381)

From: Circulating biomarker correlates of left atrial size and myocardial extracellular volume fraction among persons living with and without HIV

Characteristic

Median [IQR] or % (n)

p-valuea

PLWOH (n = 146)

PLWH (n = 235)

Parent cohort

–

–

0.28

  MACS

68 (47%)

112 (48%)

  WIHS

22 (15%)

48 (20%)

  ALIVE

56 (38%)

75 (32%)

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging metrics

Left atrial volume index, mL/m2

26.0 (21.4, 32.5)

27.7 (22.3, 35.7)

0.06

Left atrial volume index ≥ 40 mL/m2

8 (5%)

33 (14%)

0.01

ECV fraction, %

28.2 (25.9, 29.8)

28.7 (26.4, 30.9)

0.03

ECV fraction ≥ 30% women, ≥ 28% men

55 (44%)

108 (56%)

0.04

LV mass index, g/m2

60.9 (55.7, 66.7)

61.7 (56.2, 67.8)

0.51

LV end-diastolic volume index, mL/m2

64.3 (53.8, 72.7)

66.9 (55.8, 76.2)

0.20

LV end-systolic volume index, mL/m2

17.5 (13.3, 22.1)

18.2 (13.9, 22.7)

0.16

LV ejection fraction, %

73 (68, 76)

72 (68, 76)

0.31

Demographics

Age, years

56 (52, 59)

55 (50, 58)

0.23

Female

37 (25%)

68 (29%)

0.45

Race/ethnicity

–

–

0.36

  Black

95 (65%)

169 (72%)

  White

40 (27%)

53 (23%)

  Other

11 (8%)

13 (6%)

Education

–

–

0.03

  Less than high school

32 (22%)

67 (29%)

  Completed high school

45 (31%)

68 (29%)

  Some college

19 (13%)

47 (20%)

  College degree or higher

50 (34%)

53 (23%)

Annual income > $10,000

79 (57%)

139 (62%)

0.35

Substance use

Smoking status

–

–

0.09

  Current

59 (40%)

116 (49%)

  Former

58 (40%)

68 (29%)

  Never

29 (20%)

51 (22%)

Pack-months of smoking among current or former smokersb

11.8 (0.0, 32.9)

14.2 (2.0, 36.4)

0.02

AUDIT hazardous alcohol use

21 (14%)

25 (11%)

0.28

Marijuana useb

59 (40%)

106 (45%)

0.37

Opioid useb

47 (32%)

71 (30%)

0.68

Stimulant useb

52 (36%)

95 (40%)

0.35

Erectile dysfunction drug useb

23 (16%)

41 (17%)

0.67

Nitrate useb

22 (15%)

36 (15%)

0.95

Clinical

Body mass index, kg/m2

27.1 (24.1, 31.0)

26.1 (23.3, 30.8)

0.08

Hypertension

79 (54%)

123 (52%)

0.74

Antihypertensive medication

50 (34%)

86 (37%)

0.64

Systolic blood pressure, mmHgb

128 (121, 135)

125 (119, 135)

0.10

Diastolic blood pressure, mmHgb

81 (76, 86)

79 (74, 85)

0.10

Dyslipidemia

85 (58%)

143 (61%)

0.61

Lipid-lowering medication

34 (23%)

58 (25%)

0.76

Total cholesterol, mg/dL

178 (149, 207)

172 (151, 195)

0.09

HDL-cholesterol, mg/dL

56 (46, 68)

51 (40, 63)

0.01

LDL-cholesterol, mg/dL

99 (78, 121)

93 (72, 115)

0.10

Diabetes

20 (14%)

30 (13%)

0.79

Fasting glucose, mg/dL

92 (84, 100)

91 (82, 100)

0.43

Diabetes medication

17 (12%)

23 (10%)

0.57

Creatinine, mg/dL

0.8 (0.7, 1.0)

0.9 (0.8, 1.1)

 < 0.001

eGFR < 60 mL/min/m2

3 (2%)

11 (5%)

0.18

Hematocrit, %

40.8 (37.8, 43.4)

39.6 (36.8, 42.1)

0.02

Known cardiovascular disease

5 (3%)

9 (4%)

0.84

Hepatitis C virus infection

29 (20%)

56 (24%)

0.32

HIV Disease Characteristics

HIV viral load < 50 RNA copies/mL

–

170 (72%)

 

CD4 + cell count, cells/µL

–

605 (411, 842)

 

CD4 + nadir, cells/µL

–

276 (151, 415)

 

History of clinical AIDS

–

35 (22%)

 

On antiretroviral therapy

–

206 (88%)

 

  Antiretroviral therapy duration, years

–

12.2 (4.8, 15.9)

 

  Protease inhibitor-based regimen

–

80 (39%)

 

  NNRTI-based regimen

–

66 (32%)

 

  Integrase strand inhibitor-based regimen

–

58 (28%)

 
  1. IQR, interquartile range; PLWOH, persons living without HIV; PLWH, persons living with HIV; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; LAVI, left atrial volume index; ECV, extracellular volume; LV, left ventricular; NNRTI, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PI, protease inhibitor
  2. aUnadjusted p-values computed using Wilcoxon rank-sum and Pearson’s X2 for continuous and categorical characteristics, respectively
  3. bDerived from data over 5 years preceding cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; mean value is reported for continuous variables and 'yes’ is reported for dichotomous variables with use indicated at any time over those 5 years