TABLE 1.
Serum sCD40 ligand levels in 77 HIV-1-infected patients classified according to their CD4 cell category
CD4 cell categorya | No. of patients | Mean sCD40 ligand level (ng/ml) ± SDb |
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1 (>500 cells/μl) | 13 | 2.08 ± 1.46 |
2 (200-500 cells/μl) | 34 | 1.57 ± 1.58 |
3 (<200 cells/μl) | 30 | 0.94 ± 1.25 |
Classification according to the 1993 revised Centers for Disease Control and Prevention classification system.
For all values P = 0.046 by one-way analysis of variance.