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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Aug 1;51(3):350–358. doi: 10.1086/654798

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

MCD MCD-like Syndrome Severe KS Mild KS
Number of Patients 8 6 24 8
Age 41 [34 – 47] 38 [29 – 52] 36 [27 – 46] 36 [30 – 49]
Prescribed cART 7 (87.5%) 4 (66.7 %) 21 (87.5%) 5 (62.5%)
CD4 (cells/μL) 189 [21 – 364] 255 [28 – 492] 228 [12 – 1060] 287 [52 – 572]
HIV Viral Load (copies/mL) <50 [<50 – 664] 4650 [<50 – 1.1×106] 930 [<50 – 1.3 ×106] <50 [<50 – 27,500]
Sodium (mEq/L) 130 [127 – 136] 132 [127 – 139] 138 [133 – 142] 137 [133 – 138]
Albumin (g/dL) 2.7 [1.7 – 3.9] 2.6 [2.0 – 3.9] 4 [3.0 – 4.8] 4.2 [3.3 – 5.4]
White Blood Cells (K/μL) 5.7 [2.7 – 10.1] 4.5 [2.3 – 6.4] 4.2 [2.0 – 10.7] 4.3 [3.2 – 7.2]
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 10.2 [7.4 –12.7] 8.7 [7.0 – 14.8] 13.6 [9 – 15.5] 13.7 [9.8 – 15.9]
Platelets (K/μL)* 126 [11 – 262] 158 [62 – 231] 253 [117 – 504] 265 [194 – 300]
Median Follow-up (months) 36 [4 – 91] 10 [3 – 60] 75 [3 – 148] 34 [6 – 128]
Deaths 1 (12.5%) 3 (50%) 6 (25%) 1 (12.5%)

Patient laboratory and other variables are listed with median [range]. Other parameters are number of patients (%).

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Normal Range for Platelets: Men: 161–347 (K/μL), Women: 173–369 (K/μL)