Table 4.

Comparative assessment of mean ventilatory function indices of all HIV positive subjects based on whether the CD4 count is above or below 200cells/ µ/l

Ventilatory	Males N=49		T score	P value	Females N=51		T score	P value
Function	CD4 <200	CD4>200			CD4 <200	CD4>200
	N=35	N=14			N=31	N=20
FVC(L)	3.19 ± 0.71	3.61± 0.67	−1.874	0.067	2.35 ± 0.42	2.65±0.44	−2.484	0.016*
Mean± SD	0.71					0.44
FEV1 (L)	2.81 ± 0.66	3.16± 0.71	−1.595	0.117	2.11 ± 0.37	2.40±0.38	−2.743	0.008*
Mean± SD	0.66					0.38
FEV1/FVC (%)	88.2 ± 6.7	86.2 ± 7.8	0.870	0.389	90.3 ± 5.5	90.9±4.7	−0.353	0.726
mean± SD
FEF25%–75%(l.s−1)	3.46 ± 1.03	3.83± 1.28	−1.075	0.288	2.73 ± 0.63	3.14±0.90	−1.903	0.063
mean± SD	1.03					0.90

^*Statistically significant