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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Shan Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6151074 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

The Journal of infectious diseases 20180901 9
We examined associations of 5 plasma choline metabolites with carotid plaque among 520 HIV-infected and 217 HIV-uninfected participants (112 incident plaque cases) over 7 years. After multivariable adjustment, higher gut microbiota-related metabolite trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) was associated with an increased risk of carotid plaque in HIV-infected participants (risk ratio = 1.25 per standard deviation increment; 95% confidence interval, 1.05-1.50; P = .01). TMAO was positively correlated with ...[more]