Table 1.

Mean ± s.d. serum concentrations of total sCD14, CD14α and CD14β (μg/ml) in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB⁺HIV⁻) and healthy controls (TB⁻HIV⁻)

	TB+HIV− (n = 30) mean (s.d.)	TB−HIV− (n = 30) Mean (s.d.)	P
Total sCD14	6·57 (1·56)	3·11 (0·65)	< 0·00001
sCD14α	4·62 (1·17)	2·15 (0·48)	< 0·00001
sCD14β	1·95 (0·46)	0·96 (0·22)	< 0·00001
CD14α:CD14β	2·4	2·2	NS