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Table 6. Baseline Levels of hsCRP, IL-6 and D-dimer for HIV Uninfected Participants, and Participants with Early and Advanced HIV Infection.

	HIV uninfected (n = 80)	Early HIV infection^* (n = 80)	Advanced HIV infection^** (n = 100)
Median Baseline Characteristics
Age	37	38	36
(25^th, 75^th %ile)	(33, 42)	(35, 40)	(33, 39)
Sex (% female)	31	31	35
CD4 + count (cells/mm3)	NA	546	110
(25^th, 75^th %ile)	NA	(409, 709)	(58, 175)
HIV RNA	NA	4,025	148,000
(25^th, 75^th %ile)	NA	(1,036, 27,250)	(64,900, 304,000)
Biomarker Levels (median; 25^th, 75^th %ile)

NA = not applicable.

CD4+ T cell count >350 cells/ml.

^**

CD4+ T cell count ≤200 cells/mL (or <14% for patients post-splenectomy) and/or any history of or current AIDS defining illness and with hemoglobin >9 g/dL (>8 g/dL for women), neutrophil count >500 cells/mL, platelet count >250/uL, and serum liver transaminases below five times the upper limit of normal.

^***

Comparisons between the different groups are adjusted for age, sex and BMI.