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      Normal distributed data presented as average ± SD.
        | VARIABLE | BMI < 21
          (n=20) | BMI 21-30 
          (n=128) | BMI > 30 
          (n=28) | P |  
        | Age (year) | 47    ± 8 | 45    ± 7 | 43    ± 7 | 0.30 |  
        | BMI (kg/m2) | 21    (20, 21) | 25    (23, 27) | 34    (31, 36) |  |  
        | Log10 Viral Load (copies/mL) | 2.3    (2.3, 4.0) | 2.3    (2.3, 3.9) | 2.3    (2.3, 3.5) | 0.73 |  
        | Undetectable Viral Load 
          (<400 copies/mL) | 50% | 53% | 57% | 0.88 |  
        | CD4 (count/mm3) | 328    (193, 392) | 396    (235, 585) | 560    (365, 680) | 0.003 |  
        | ART | 75% | 77% | 75% | 0.95 |  
        | NRTIs | 70% | 76% | 71% | 0.79 |  
        | NNRTIs | 35% | 33% | 29% | 0.88 |  
        | PIs | 55% | 43% | 46% | 0.59 |  
        | HAART | 65% | 66% | 61% | 0.89 |  
        | PI    & NRTI-HAART | 35% | 34% | 32% | 0.98 |  
        | NNRTI    and NRTI-HAART | 10% | 23% | 18% | 0.45 |  
        | PI    and NNRTI-HAART | 20% | 9% | 11% | 0.32 |  
        | hsCRP (µg/mL) | 9.9    (0.5, 5.5) | 1.6    (0.7, 3.2) | 3.4    (1.7, 4.0) | 0.020 |  
        | TNF-alpha (pg/mL) | 1.7    (0.9, 2.6) | 1.5    (1.0, 2.1) | 1.6    (0.8, 2.8) | 0.88 |  
        | IL-6    (pg/mL) | 2.2    (1.0, 4.1) | 1.5    (1.1, 2.5) | 1.8    (1.4, 3.6) | 0.077 |  
        | sICAM1-CD54 (ng/dL) | 240    (189, 455) | 270    (190, 374) | 249    (172, 412) | 0.99 |  
        | HOMA    > 2.6 | 16% | 36% | 63% | 0.004 |  
        | CAC    > 400 | 11% | 3% | 0 | 0.18 |  
        | Common    cIMT (mm) | 0.54    (0.51, 0.57) | 0.59    (0.51, 0.65) | 0.67    (0.57, 0.74) | 0.005 |  
        | Abnormal    Common cIMT
          (> 0.645 mm) | 16% | 26% | 58% | 0.003 |  Non-normal distributed data presented as median (min. and max)
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