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. 2010 Jul 13;13:25. doi: 10.1186/1758-2652-13-25

Table 2.

Baseline immune measures in HIV-infected participants with and without hypocholesterolemia

Variables Total cholesterol
<150 mg/dL
(n = 68)		 Total cholesterol
>150 mg/dL
(n = 97)		 p value
Total T lymphocytes cells/mm3 1234 ± 737 1505 ± 650 0.02
CD4 cells/mm3 197 ± 181 295 ± 191 0.02
CD8 cells/mm3 913.1 ± 390 1146.5 ± 580 0.001
Thymus volume cc3 8.5 ± 4.6 9.8 ± 2.0 0.4
Viral load HIV copies/mL 208,614 ± 42,369 150,441 ± 27,567 0.2

Note: Values are mean ± standard deviation. The p values represent t-tests comparing variables between individuals with and without hypocholesterolemia. Groups significantly differed in all lymphocyte measurements.