Table 1

Correlation between baseline immunological parameters and CD4 count change from baseline to nadir during TI

T-cell compartment

Proliferative Stimulus/Phenotypic Markers Expression*

Correlation with CD4 count change from baseline to nadir during TI**


CD4

anti-CD3

-0.07 (p = 0.87)

SEB

0.43 (p = 0.30)

CMV

-0.59 (p = 0.045)***

Gag p55 peptide pool

-0.40 (p = 0.17)

%CD57+

-0.69 (p = 0.0095)***

CD57+ MFI

-0.03 (p = 0.93)

%CD28

-0.38 (p = 0.19)

CD28+ MFI

-0.18 (p = 0.55)

CD8

anti-CD3

-0.09 (p = 0.81)

SEB

0.14 (p = 0.75)

CMV

-0.48 (p = 0.12)

Gag p55 peptide pool

-0.01 (p = 0.96)

%CD57+

0.01 (p = 0.97)

CD57+ MFI

0.29 (p = 0.34)

%CD28

0.33 (p = 0.27)

CD28+ MFI

-0.10 (p = 0.73)

Baseline CD4+ count

-0.61 (p = 0.030)***

Baseline viral load

-0.35 (p = 0.24)


*CMV = cytomegalovirus lysate; SEB = streptococcus enterotoxin B; MFI = mean fluorescence intensity.

**Spearman nonparametric correlation test (p-value).

***p < 0.05

Huang et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:59   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-8-59

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