From: Low serum albumin and the acute phase response predict low serum selenium in HIV-1 infected women
Mean (± SD) or Number (%) | Multivariate Logistic Regression1 | ||||
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Low serum selenium (n = 104) | Normal serum selenium (n = 296) | p-value2 | Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p-value | |
CD4 count (cells/μl) | 216 (± 182) | 300 (± 210) | <0.001 | 0.90 (0.77, 1.06)3 | 0.2 |
Plasma HIV-1 RNA (log10 of copies/ml) | 5.6 (± 0.9) | 5.3 (± 1.0) | 0.01 | 0.84 (0.61, 1.17) | 0.3 |
Serum albumin (g/dl) | 2.86 (± 0.75) | 3.34 (± 0.68) | <0.001 | 0.93 (0.90, 0.97) | <0.001 |
Acute phase response4 | 73 (70%) | 129 (44%) | <0.001 | 1.83 (1.05, 3.18) | 0.03 |
HIV-1 symptoms5 | 83 (80%) | 198 (67%) | 0.008 | - | - |
HIV-1 signs6 | 34 (33%) | 57 (19%) | 0.01 | - | - |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 21.5 (± 3.5) | 22.3 (± 4.7) | 0.08 | - | - |