Figure 2

Median levels of cardiovascular biomarkers and fasting lipids during study treatment according to study arm. Hs-CRP = high sensitivity C-reactive protein; IL-6 = interleukin 6; sVCAM-1 = soluble vascular adhesion molecule-1; slCAM-1 = soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1; MPO = myeloperoxidase; LDL = low density lipoprotein; HDL = high density lipoprotein. Whiskers indicate interquartile ranges. * P < 0.05 for ABC/3TC compared with TDF/FTC arm at the specific time point using Wilcoxon rank sum test.