Table 5: Multivariate logistic regression to find out significant risk factors of abnormal echocardiographic findings.

 

 

Variables

 

Beta coefficient

 

Standard error

 

 

P value

 

Odds ratio

Odds ratio Lower

Bound (95%)

Odds ratio Upper

Bound (95%)

Age (years)

0.016

0.021

0.461

1.016

0.974

1.059

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

0.129

0.112

0.246

1.138

0.915

1.416

Serum calcium (mg/dL)

-0.683

0.433

0.114

0.505

0.216

1.179

Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)

0.009

0.005

0.044

1.009

1.000

1.018

Serum triglycerides (mg/dL)

0.007

0.010

0.472

1.007

0.987

1.028

Very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) (mg/dL)

0.089

0.046

0.055

1.093

0.998

1.197

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (mm/1st hr)

0.021

0.010

0.040

1.021

1.001

1.041

Smoking

0.336

0.439

0.445

1.399

0.591

3.308

ECG findings

Normal ECG

 

 

 

1.000

 

 

Abnormal ECG

1.623

0.517

0.002

5.070

1.840

13.974

CD4+ T cell count (cells/mm3)

Group A (≥ 500)

 

 

 

1.000

 

 

Group B (350-499)

2.867

0.915

0.002

17.586

2.924

105.781

Group C (200-349)

3.451

0.964

0.0003

31.518

4.765

208.461

Group D (100-199)

2.801

0.967

0.004

16.469

2.476

109.531

Group E (< 100)

2.315

1.080

0.032

10.129

1.219

84.189

WHO Stage

Stage 1

 

 

 

1.000

 

 

Stage 2

0.153

0.609

0.802

1.165

0.353

3.845

Stage 3

0.257

0.845

0.761

1.293

0.247

6.774

Stage 4

-0.057

0.913

0.950

0.944

0.158

5.655

Tuberculosis

1.463

0.768

0.057

4.320

0.959

19.459

Oral candidiasis

0.180

0.943

0.849

1.197

0.188

7.604

Pneumocystis jirovecii

1.466

1.850

0.428

4.331

0.115

162.731