Table 1.

Characteristics of the subjects in cohort 1.

		ATLL	Asymptomatic HTLV-1 Carrier	Healthy control
Number of subjects		11	37	20
Disease type	Acute	2	–
	Lymphoma	0	–	–
	Chronic	1	–	–
	Smoldering	8	–	–
	High-risk carrier	–	8	–
	Low-risk carrier	–	29	–
Age		67.4 ± 5.1	60.6 ± 10.4	58.6 ± 3.0
Sex (F/M)		4:7	28:9	0:20
PVL (/1000PBMC)		243.0 ± 274.6	60.6 ± 91.3	–
sIL-2Ra(U/mL)		2564.8 ± 4357.5	450.1 ± 146.3	–
Chemotherapy prior to blood sampling		1	1	–
Chemotherapy prior to stool sampling		1	1	0
Antibiotics prior to blood sampling		2	4	–
Antibiotics prior to stool sampling		2	4	4