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Table 4 Levels of selected immunological indicators in HIV-infected individuals, stratified by parasitic infection status

From: HIV and intestinal parasite co-infections among a Chinese population: an immunological profile

 

Without parasitic infection

Only helminth infections

Only B. hominis infection

Only Cryptosporidium. spp. infection

P-Value**

 

(n = 56) x ¯ ± s

(n = 5) x ¯ ± s

(n = 8) x ¯ ± s

(n = 7) x ¯ ± s

 

CD4+

520.3 ± 238.7

420.8 ± 262.1

668.0 ± 401.8

411.0 ± 141.5

0.2006

IL-2

82.6 ± 53.8

70.6 ± 65.8

121.3 ± 68.4

100.8 ± 69.4

0.2725

IL-4

23.6 ± 17.6

23.8 ± 22.1

28.6 ± 15.5

27.1 ± 14.0

0.8599

IL-10

22.2 ± 29.8

18.3 ± 7.0

19.0 ± 9.4

18.5 ± 12.8

0.9655

IFN-γ

12.5 ± 6.7

7.5 ± 5.7

12.4 ± 4.7

16.2 ± 11.4

0.3078

T*

0.4 ± 0.2

0.3 ± 0.2

0.3 ± 0.2

0.4 ± 0.2

0.7041

  1. * T = IFN-γ/(IFN-γ + IL-4).
  2. **Dunnett t test was applied in paired comparison among groups and group 1 was the control group; P > 0.05.