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Table. 3 Rank correlation between inflammatory markers and patients characteristics

From: Advanced baseline immunosuppression is associated with elevated levels of plasma markers of fungal translocation and inflammation in long-term treated HIV-infected Tanzanians

 

IL-6

IL-10

sCD14

BDG

hsCRP

Untreated

Age

0.40 (0.014)

0.10 (0.559)

0.15 (0.368)

− 0.006 (0.973)

 

 Baseline viral load

0.56 (0.001)

0.64 (0.0001)

− 0.26 (0.157)

− 0.041 (0.831)

 

 BMI

0.20 (0.246)

− 0.15 (0.560)

0.20 (0.261)

− 0.045 (0.801)

 

 Baseline CD4 count

− 0.33 (0.050)

− 0.34 (0.765)

0.17 (0.315)

0.009 (0.958)

 

Virally suppressed

 Age

− 0.02 (0.811)

0.04 (0.676)

− 0.08 (0.504)

− 0.149 (0.169)

0.19 (0.041)

 Duration of treatment

0.05 (0.699)

− 0.06 (0.609)

0.23 (0.076)

− 0.094 (0.384)

0.00 (0.992)

 Baseline CD4 count

− 0.23 (0.063)

0.06 (0.618)

− 0.05 (0.736)

− 0.175 (0.151)

− 0.21 (0.068)

 Recent CD4 count

− 0.02 (0.884)

0.00 (0.978)

0.04 (0.728)

− 0.062 (0.569)

0.14 (0.148)

 Proviral DNA load

− 0.01 (0.932)

− 0.10 (0.335)

0.05 (0.697)

− 0.087 (0.425)

0.10 (0.305)

 EBV IgG titers

− 0.06 (0.588)

0.02 (0.806)

0.12 (0.286)

− 0.083 (0.448)

0.08 (0.409)

 CMV IgG titers

0.02 (0.815)

− 0.11 (0.292)

0.12 (0.296)

− 0.024 (0.827)

0.03 (0.752)

  1. Spearman correlation coefficient r (P value)
  2. BDG1-3 beta-d-glucan, BMI body mass index, CMV Cytomegalovirus, EBV Epstein Barr virus, hsCRP highly-sensitive C-reactive protein, sCD14 soluble cluster of differentiation 14,  Bold values indicate Correlations with P value <0.05