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Table 1 Clinical parameters of patients presenting with gall stones (HIV negative vs HIV positive)

From: Hepatic expression of cholesterol regulating genes favour increased circulating low-density lipoprotein in HIV infected patients with gallstone disease: a preliminary study

 

Control n = 5; Mean ± SD

HIV n = 5; Mean ± SD

P-value

Age (years)

30 ± 5.41

40 ± 6.19

0.027

BMI (kg/m2)

34.06 ± 5.98

32.63 ± 10.84

0.81 (ns)

Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)

3.64 ± 1.11

4.88 ± 0.988

0.099 (ns)

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

0.76 ± 0.389

0.90 ± 0.49

0.65 (ns)

HDL (mmol/L)

1.19 ± 0.28

1.33 ± 0.58

0.65 (ns)

LDL (mmol/L)

2.10 ± 0.74

3.16 ± 0.64

0.04

CD4 count (cells/μl)

n/a

460 ± 125

 

ART duration (years)

n/a

4 ± 2.6

 
  1. *ns no significance
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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