Hazard ratios for cardiovascular disease (CVD) associated with baseline biomarker levels.

1Quartile cut-points are given in the legend for Figure 1.2Adjusted for age, gender, race, ART, plasma HIV RNA level, CD4+ T cell count, prior AIDS diagnosis, smoking, BMI, prior CVD, diabetes, hypertension treatment, hyperlipidemia treatment, total/HDL cholesterol, ECG abnormalities, hepatitis B or C co-infection, and treatment group.3Standard deviations (SDs) after log10 transformation were 0.34 pg/mL for IL-6, 0.54 µg/mL for hsCRP, and 0.42 µg/mL for D-dimer.