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As shown, in this file factors positively associated with HIV in univariate analysis included male gender, African American race, younger age, lower body mass index, decreased comorbidity in general, increased rates of malnutrition and smoking, lower blood pressure and cholesterol, higher serum creatinine, lower serum albumin bicarbonate, and decreased use of aspirin and calcium channel blockers.
We calculated the patient's Charlson comorbidity score [ 25 ] ; a higher score reflects greater comorbidity.
Conflicting results have been reported from studies on the stroke risk factor status of genes related to myocardial infarction or arterial disease, such as specific genotypes of the genes for angiotensin 1-converting enzyme ( ACE ) [ 23 24 25 26 ] or apolipoprotein [ 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 ] . Potential confounding factors include the effects of comorbidity and differential mortality rates [ 34 35 ] . Although the degree of stenosis of the cervical internal carotid arteries in symptomatic patients correlates with risk of ipsilateral stroke [ 36 ] , no clear conclusions can be drawn from attempts to relate carotid artery disease to specific genotypes (for example, of the paraoxonase gene PON, which is thought to protect low-density lipoprotein against oxidative modification [ 37 ] , or of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene [ 38 ] ).
Many markers for cardiovascular comorbidity were associated with atrial fibrillation in univariate analysis (Table 1), but not in multivariate analysis (Table 3).
Figure 2shows the results of differences in rates of sepsis complications adjusted for age, sex, Charlson comorbidity score, discharge DRG weight, organ dysfunction, and service at onset of sepsis.
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