Table 3.

Baseline immune and virological status by both alcohol and gender groups

Variables	P value	Men LI group	Women LI group	P value	Women BW group	Men BW group	P value
CD4 cell counts/mm3	0.05	281.6 ± 203	163.4 ± 46.2	0.03	264.6 ± 151	239 ± 182	0.09
Thymus (cm3)	0.09	9.9 ± 4	4.8 ± 1.8	0.1	8.2 ± 1.2	9.3 ± 1.3	0.5
HIV viral load copies/mL	0.6	262,159 ± 58,958	316,104 ± 89,993	0.05	143,383 ± 41,527	155,030 ± 33,581	0.8

Values are means ± SD.