Table 1.

Characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected former plasma donors (FPD) and HIV-negative healthy controls of the study.

Characteristics	HIV-infected FPD	Healthy controllers
Case	115	32
Gender (male/female)	69/46	18/14
Age (years)	40 ± 7	38 ± 8
Years of infection	19·3 ± 1·3	–
CD4+ T cell counts (cells/µl)	502·9 ± 206·9	728·5 ± 179·1
CD8+ T cell counts (cells/µl)	1194·2 ± 685·1	552·5 ± 201·7
CD4+ : CD8+ T cell ratio	0·5 ± 0·2	1·4 ± 0·4
Viral load (log10 HIV RNA copies/ml)	4·1 ± 1·3	–

Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or number.