Relation of mucosal morphology to measures of nutritional status and to sTNF-R55 concentration (univariate analysis) in 56 patients with HIV related diarrhoea
| Nutritional measure | r | 95% CI |
| Villous height | ||
| BMI | 0.19 | NS |
| MUAC | 0.30 | 0.04, 0.52 |
| SFT | 0.38 | 0.09, 0.60 |
| sTNF-R55 | −0.32 | −0.54,−0.06 |
| Mucosal thickness | ||
| BMI | 0.40 | 0.15, 0.60 |
| MUAC | 0.40 | 0.15, 0.60 |
| SFT | 0.37 | 0.08, 0.59 |
| sTNF-R55 | −0.45 | −0.63,−0.22 |
| Crypt depth | ||
| BMI | 0.30 | 0.05, 0.52 |
| MUAC | 0.17 | NS |
| SFT | 0.03 | NS |
| sTNF-R55 | −0.30 | −0.52,−0.04 |
Linear correlation coefficients for nutritional parameters and sTNF-R55 concentration in univariate analysis of VH, CD and TMT.r is shown, together with 95% confidence intervals (CI). NS indicates that the 95% confidence intervals include zero.