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Table 3 The predictors of elevated serum levels of E-Selectin of PLWH in ALT cohort at IDI, Kampala

From: Serum E-selectin and endothelial cell-specific Molecule-1 levels among people living with HIV on long term ART in Uganda: a pilot cross-sectional study

Characteristics

≤ 39 μm/L, n (%)

> 39 μm/L, n (%)

Crude OR, (95%CI)

P value

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P value

Sex

      

Female

3 (50.0)

35 (52.2)

1

   

Male

3 (50.0)

32 (47.8)

0.914 (0.172–4.86)

0.47

  

Age

      

less than 45 years

1 (176.7)

9 (13.4)

1

 

1

 

45 years and above

5 (83.3)

58 (86.6)

1.29 (0.134–12.338)

0.83

1 (0.075–13.99)

0.99

Viral load

      

Not detected (< 0 copies per ml)

4 (66.7)

50 (74.6)

1

   

Detectable (> 0 copies/ml)

2 (33.3)

17 (25.4)

0.68 (0.1–4.1)

0.67

  

CD4 count at sample collection

      

Above 500 cells/µl

1 (16.7)

34 (50.8)

5.12 (0.6–46.4)

0.14

12.5 (1.03- 149.95)

0.047

BMI

      

Normal, 18.5–24.9 kg/m2

2 (33.3)

37 (56.1)

1

 

1

 

Underweight, < 18.5 kg/m2

1 (16.7)

10 (15.2)

0.54 (0.044–6.585)

0.63

0.8 (0.1–10.5)

0.76

Overweight/obese, > 25 kg/m2

3 (50.0)

19 (28.8)

0.34 (0.052–2.27)

0.26

0.1 (0. -1.2)

0.08

History of smoking

      

No/ undefined

1 (16.7)

19 (28.4)

1

   

Yes

5 (83.3)

48 (71.6)

1.98 (0.217–18.073)

0.54

  

History of alcohol intake

      

No/ Unknown

5 (83.3)

47 (70.2)

1

 

1

 

Yes

1(16.7)

20 (29.8)

0.47 (0.052–4.284)

0.50

6.6 (0.5–84.5)

0.15