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Table 2 Relative hazards of ALT elevation >200 IU/l from fitting a Cox regression model

From: Immune activation and microbial translocation in liver disease progression in HIV/hepatitis co-infected patients: results from the Icona Foundation study

 

Crude and adjusted relative hazards of developing ALT>200 IU/l

Biomarker

Crude RH (95% CI)

p-value

Adjusted*RH (95% CI)

p-value

Adjusted**RH (95% CI)

p-value

CD8CD38+DR+, %

      

<=48%

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

>48%

0.30 (0.03, 2.93)

0.303

0.17 (0.01, 1.91)

0.150

0.09 (0.01, 1.44)

0.088

not measured

1.24 (0.37, 4.20)

0.726

1.12 (0.32, 3.94)

0.865

0.76 (0.18, 3.27)

0.711

IL-6, pg/ml

      

<=1.1

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

>1.1

2.77 (0.98, 7.87)

0.056

1.82 (0.61, 5.43)

0.281

1.56 (0.46, 5.32)

0.481

not measured

2.00 (0.61, 6.57)

0.251

1.79 (0.53, 6.07)

0.351

2.19 (0.18, 27.33)

0.543

LPS, pg/ml

      

<=126

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

>126

1.26 (0.44, 3.59)

0.669

0.77 (0.21, 2.83)

0.697

0.39 (0.08, 1.84)

0.235

not measured

0.66 (0.25, 1.78)

0.417

0.67 (0.22, 2.04)

0.478

0.31 (0.08, 1.28)

0.107

sCD14, mg/ml

      

<=3.6

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

>3.6

0.82 (0.32, 2.07)

0.669

0.79 (0.29, 2.19)

0.651

0.84 (0.25, 2.82)

0.778

not measured

0.98 (0.33, 2.86)

0.967

1.13 (0.35, 3.59)

0.842

0.80 (0.03, 25.38)

0.900

TNF-alfa, pg/ml

      

<=2.3

1.0

 

1.0

 

1.0

 

>2.3

4.01 (1.32, 12.21)

0.014

2.14 (0.64, 7.15)

0.217

2.03 (0.57, 7.29)

0.276

not measured

2.48 (0.67, 9.26)

0.175

1.82 (0.46, 7.17)

0.394

1.66 (0.10, 28.78)

0.728

  1. *All models (a separate one for each biomarker) adjusted for age, CD4, VL, baseline ALT, year of sample, duration of HIV infection at the date of sample.
  2. **Further mutually adjusted for all biomarkers.