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. 2011 Jul 1;204(1):154–163. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jir214

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Percentage change in plasma viral load and absolute number of CD4+ T lymphocytes correlated with change in plasma sCD163 levels after antiretroviral therapy (ART). To directly measure the effect of ART on virological parameters examined in individuals with chronic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the percentage change was calculated ([{value before ART – value after 3 months of ART}/value before ART] ×100%), where a negative percentage represented a decrease and a positive percentage represented an increase after 3 months of ART. The percentage change in sCD163 level was correlated with the percentage change in plasma virus (A) and absolute number of CD4+ T lymphocytes (B). The absolute number of monocytes was correlated to sCD163 levels in plasma samples from subjects with chronic HIV infection prior to ART (C) but not after 3 months of ART (D). r = Spearman's correlation coefficient. P value of ≤ .05 is statistically significant.