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Table 3 Parameters during the follow-up in the ABC-reducing therapy group (n = 65). Dual therapy (DT) Alanine transaminase (ALT) Aspartate transaminase (AST) High-density lipoprotein (HDL) Low-density lipoprotein (HDL) Creatinine clearance (CCr) platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR)

From: Biochemical and inflammatory modifications after switching to dual antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients in Italy: a multicenter retrospective cohort study from 2007 to 2015

Parameters

12 months

before

Mean (SD)

6 months before

Mean (SD)

Swicht to DT

Mean (SD)

6 months

after switch

Mean (SD)

12 months

after switch

Mean (SD)

From 12 months

before to switcha

Coef. (CI 95%)

p-value

From switch to 12 months aftera

Coef. (CI 95%)

p-value

CD4 cell count, cell/mm3

629.9 (327.7)

656.6 (328)

678.1 (342.2)

677.4 (309.6)

658.9 (265.4)

1.3 (−2.3,4.9)

0.481

1.6 (−2.4,5.5)

0.435

CD8 cell count, cell/mm3

1023.5 (473.3)

1069.7 (664)

982.6 (461)

992.6 (526.1)

970.7 (446.6)

−2.5 (− 10.5,5.5)

0.541

− 1.3 (− 7.3,4.6)

0.658

ALT (U/l)

40.1 (41.6)

43.5 (64.2)

44.5 (47.7)

45.9 (55.9)

36.7 (34.8)

0.4 (−0.9,1.6)

0.580

−0.2 (− 1.0,0.5)

0.536

AST (U/l)

30.2 (28.8)

31.2 (42)

29.6 (30)

32.7 (32.4)

30.1 (21.4)

0.1 (−0.8,0.9)

0.860

−0.1 (− 0.6,0.4)

0.761

Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)

218.5 (44.3)

220.8 (51.1)

227.2 (48.8)

218.4 (54.6)

215.5 (39.2)

0.6 (−0.3,1.5)

0.218

−1.6 (−2.6–0.6)

0.003

HDL Cholesterol (mg/dl)

47.2 (17.4)

53.5 (19.6)

49.8 (14.1)

53.9 (19.5)

52.8 (19.7)

0.1 (−0.2,0.4)

0.604

0.2 (−0.1,0.4)

0.168

LDL Cholesterol (mg/dl)

141.1 (38.3)

133.4 (35.5)

145.6 (42.4)

138.4 (30.9)

139.1 (27)

0.2 (−0.9,1.3)

0.742

−0.7 (1.7,0.2)

0.132

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

163.8 (92.2)

180.8 (110.9)

202.8 (115.5)

194.2 (234.4)

172.5 (161.1)

2.4 (0.3,4.6)

0.027

−3.8 (−8.4,0.9)

0.112

CCr (ml/min)

94.5 (31.5)

97 (35.8)

92.2 (26.8)

91.6 (28.5)

92.3 (30.9)

0.0 (−0.4,0.3)

0.852

−0.4 (− 0.8–0.1)

0.041

Lymphocyte, 103 /μL

2201 (662)

2197 (838)

2191 (663)

2256 (686)

2219 (655)

0.2 (−13.7,14.2)

0.972

6.5 (− 7.8,20.8)

0.373

Neutrophils, 103 /μL

3227 (1354)

3462 (1643)

3851 (3336)

3528 (1497)

6059 (10610)

40.7 (−32.7114.0)

0.277

153.3 (−82.1388.7)

0.202

Platelets, 103 /μL

216,173 (63378)

213,125 (68580)

211,927 (59231)

198,250 (60544)

217,611 (59716)

−665.6 (− 1486.0, 154.7)

0.112

98.2 (− 781.3977.8)

0.827

NLR

1.5 (0.6)

1.7 (0.9)

1.8 (1.3)

1.7 (0.6)

1.7 (0.7)

0.2 (−0.2,0.5)

0.367

0.0 (−0.02,0.03)

0.840

PLR

106.9 (46.1)

108.5 (47.7)

104 (36.6)

92.5 (31.2)

107.5 (42.4)

−0.4 (−1.3,0.5)

0.378

−0.2 (− 1.1,0.7)

0.645

CD4/CD8

0.73 (0.42)

0.76 (0.43)

0.82 (0.47)

0.81 (0.42)

0.79 (0.38)

0.005 (0.002,0.008)

0.003

0.002 (−0.001,0.006)

0.155

  1. In the analysis we performed random effects mixed models in order to evaluate the role of time (in months) on the changes in biochemical parameters
  2. aResults remained unchanged when sensitivity analysis by multiple imputation for missing data was performed