Table 6.
Comparative value of CD4 count percentages from different countries
| Country | Comparative CD4 count percentage for the indicated age groupa |
Source or reference | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cord blood | 0–3 mo | 3–6 mo | 6–12 mo | 12–24 mo | 2–6 yr | ||
| Cameroon | 44 (34–57) | 41 (32–57) | 37 (25–51) | 38 (28–48) | 34 (21–46) | 35 (26–44) | This study |
| United States | 52 (35–64) | 46 (35–56) | 41 (32–51) | 38 (28–47) | 37 (31–47) | 19 | |
| Netherlands | 46.7 (40.2–61.9) | 43.2 (37.6–46.4)* | 43.5 (29.8–63.4) | 42.4 (33.0–55.0) | 25 | ||
| Malawi | 39 (29–49)* | 36 (27–44) | 10 | ||||
| Kenya | 39.9 (37.8–42.2) | 33.9 (31.7–36.1) | 3 | ||||
| Zambia | 36 (22–48)† | 34 (23–49)‡ | 12 | ||||
| Uganda | 31.9 (18.7–44.4)† | 33.5 (18.8–45.8)‡ | 9 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia | 45.6 (28–62)† | 40.5 (29–50) | 18 | ||||
| Ethiopia | 46 (35–67) | 23 | |||||
a
*, Values for children 0 to 6 months old; †, values for children less than 12 months old; ‡, values for children 1 to 6 years old.