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Table 2 Immune parameters for HIV-infected and negative subgroups

From: Proliferative capacity and cytokine production by cells of HIV-infected and uninfected adults with different helminth infection phenotypes in South Africa

Variables

Phenotype subgroups

 

Egg+IgEhi(n = 10)

Egg+IgElo(n = 10)

Egg-IgEhi(n = 10)

Egg-IgElo(n = 10)

HIV-infected

Median (minimum-maximum)

CD3 HLA-DR (%)

62 (45–84)

49 (24–84)

31 (1–66)

41 (15–57)

CD8CD38 (%)

97 (92–100)

92 (81–100)

86 (66–98)

89 (82–98)

CD4 cells/ml

0.268 (0.028–0.645)

0.4 (0.05–0.9)

0.44 (0.16–0.99)

0.222 (0.12–0.3)

Viral load (copies/ml)

101007 (7563–1 013 265)

77 290 (1818–307 768)

42 275 (170–222 371)

4234 (509–262 962)

HIV-uninfected

Egg + Ig Ehi (n = 5)

Egg + Ig Elo (n = 7)

Egg - IgE hi (n = 3)

Egg - IgE lo (n = 7)

CD3 HLA-DR (%)

14 (7–30)

21 (9–22)

9 (8–12)

12 (9–21)

CD8CD38 (%)

50 (41–92)

27 (18–67)

55 (38–57)

51 (17–85)

CD4 cells/ml

0.55 (0.13–0.69)

0.75 (0.43–1.2)

0.8 (0.6–1.2)

0.74 (0.4–0.94)

  1. Egg–Faecal helminth eggs, IgE–Ascaris lumbricoides-specific IgE, IgE hi/lo–high/low IgE in serum.