Table 1.
Clinical characteristics in anemic and non-anemic patients
| Anemic patients (n = 13) |
Non-anemic patients (n = 50) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 33.92 (± 7.27) | 33.84 (± 10.33) | .765 |
| WBC (cells/mm3) | 4,215 (± 1,365) | 6,040 (± 1,923) | .002 |
| Platelets (No./mm3) | 197,769 (± 67,551) | 219,012 (± 52,330) | .225 |
| Creatinine (mg/dl) | .98 (± .16) | .94 (± .13) | .341 |
| Urea (mg/dl) | 23.69 (± 7.89) | 26.61 (± 9.35) | .307 |
| Uric acid (mg/dl) | 5.65 (± 2.01) | 5.21 (± 1.64) | .412 |
| Cholesterol (mg/dl) | 133.62 (± 37.80) | 148.04 (± 31.40) | .162 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dl) | 137.54 (± 44.73) | 168.08 (± 97.39) | .277 |
| AST (IU/ml) | 48.77 (± 37.41) | 35.22 (± 26.72) | .140 |
| ALT (IU/ml) | 52.62 (± 44.58) | 41.76 (± 41.03) | .407 |
| LDH (IU/ml) | 242.62 (± 88.79) | 212.30 (± 51.00) | .112 |
| Total bilirrubins (mg/dl) | .38 (± .22) | .55 (± .36) | .107 |
| ALP (IU/dl) | 91.07 (± 27.45) | 92.58 (± 44.38) | .908 |
| Globulins (g/dl) | 3.47 (± .67) | 3.23 (± .88) | .363 |
| CD4+ cells count | 92 (± 108) | 418 (± 279) | .0001 |
| HIV RNA viral load | 486,234 (± 304,850) | 154,846 (± 277,001) | .0001 |
* Significant at P < 0.05. P-value were computed using t-test