Table 3.
Laboratory data of all severely malnourished children aged <60 months grouped by their HIV status.
| HIV-positive median (IQR) n = 123 |
HIV-negative median (IQR) n = 192 |
|
| Haemoglobin | 7.8 (6.4–9.2) | 8.1 (6.5–9.6) |
| Total WBC (109/L) | 8.9 (5.4–11.3) | 9.1 (7.2–13.5)** |
| Neutrophils (109/L) | 4.9 (2.8–8.0) | 5.9 (3.4–8.9) |
| Neutrophils (%) | 59 (35–71) | 55 (41–65) |
| Monocytes (109/L) | 0.22 (0.11–0.94) | 0.28 (0.15–0.53) |
| Monocytes (%) | 2 (1.8–7.5) | 2 (1.8–5) |
| Total lymphocytes (109/L) | 2.9 (2.1–4.9) | 4.5 (2.9–6.3)** |
| Lymphocytes (%) | 39 (26–50) | 40 (32–50) |
| CD4+ cell count (106/L) | 497 (280–1379) | 1265 (829–1758)*** |
| CD4+ cells (%) | 18 (12–34) | 33 (26–40)*** |
| CD8+ cell count (106/L) | 880 (490–1750) | 588 (331–913)*** |
| CD8+ cells (%) | 31 (23–50) | 15 (13–21)*** |
| CD4+/CD8+ ratio | 0.76 (0.24–1.19) | 2.0 (1.5–2.8)*** |
*p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, and *** p < 0.001