Visceral adipose tissue and carotid intima-media thickness in HIV-infected patients undergoing cART: a prospective cohort study

Table 2 Associations between cIMT and body composition, as well as metabolic parameters

Correlations between cIMT and:	R	P
Age	0.709	<0.001
Waist/Hip Ratio	0.387	<0.001
Neck circumference	0.202	0.007
Systolic Blood Pressure	0.419	<0.001
Glucose 0 min	0.284	<0.001
Glucose 2 h OGTT	0.220	0.006
A1c	0.285	<0.001
Non-HDL cholesterol	0.254	<0.001
CRP	0.196	0.005
hsCRP	0.334	0.003
Homocysteine	0.150	0.032
Uric Acid	0.146	0.034
Trunk Fat Mass by DXA (g)	0.168	0.0018
Total fat on Abdominal CT scan	0.218	0.002
VAT on abdominal CT scan	0.418	<0.001
VAT/SAT on abdominal CT scan	0.290	<0.001
FMR	0.250	<0.001
Duration of HIV infection	−0.019	0.779
Leg Fat Mass by DXA (g)	−0.037	0.604
Thigh Circumference	−0.095	0.169
CD4 cell count	−0.027	0.701
Leukocytes	−0.049	0.478
SAT on abdominal CT scan	−0.009	0.901
Insulin 2 h OGTT	−0.089	0.271
HOMA	0.094	0.185
Insulin 0 min	0.026	0.711
Lactates	0.081	0.253
Triglycerides	0.109	0.113
Total Fat Mass by DXA (g)	0.084	0.236
Arm Fat Mass by DXA (g)	0.029	0.686
cART	0.024	0.727

(FMR Fat mass ratio, OGTT Oral glucose tolerance test, CT Computed tomography, VAT Visceral adipose tissue, SAT Subcutaneous adipose tissue, HDL High density cholesterol, CPR C protein reactive; hsCRP High sensitivity C protein reactive, HOMA The homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, DXA dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, cART Combined antiretroviral therapy, IMT Intima-media thickness)

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