Table 1. Patient demographics, age, sex, median CD4 count cells/µl blood, S. pneumoniae carriage, WHO clinical stage.

	HIV-n = 31	HIV+n = 54	HIV+ ≥500n = 10	HIV+ 350-500n = 14	HIV+ ≤350n = 30
Age	33 (23–53)	31 (18–58)	29 (21–47)	28 (23–40)	32 (18–58)
Female	32%	46%	87%	50%	24%
Male	68%	54%	13%	50%	76%
CD4 count (cells/µl)	853	*252	695	403	192
CD4 range (cells/µl)	(444–1323)	(7–913)	(549–913)	(352–495)	(7–292)
Carriage	16%	14%	13%	14%	13%
WHO Stage	n/a	Stage 1	Stage 1	Stage 1	Stage 1

Not available (NA). *Significance determined by Mann Whitney U, p = ≤0.05 (HIV- vs HIV+).