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. 2012 Mar 20;9(1):3. doi: 10.1186/1559-0275-9-3

Table 1.

Subject and CSF background characteristics

HIV Infected Baseline HIV Infected All Samples Median (IQR)* HIV Negative
Number 14 79 12
Age (mean years, SD) 46.6 (7.6) 48.0 (7.9) 45.7 (5.1)
Gender (M/F) 12/2 59/20 10/2
Blood T cells (mean cells/μL, SD)
CD4+ 217.1 (155.9) 268.2 (166.7) 902.4 (265.4)
CD8+ 896.1 (573.0) 933.7 (662.7) 481.9 (243.6)
HIV-1 RNA (log10 copies/mL)
plasma 4.29 (3.74 - 5.15) 3.40 (1.72 - 4.76) NA
CSF 4.92 (4.26 - 5.36) 3.85 (1.71 - 4.47) NA
CSF WBCs (per μL) 15 (6.3 - 20.3) 11 (5.0 - 22.0) 1.0 (0.3 - 2.0)
CSF Neopterin (nMol/L) 34.8 (22.2 - 48.7) 23.6 (14.0 - 44.3) 4.6 (3.3 - 6.2)
CSF NFL (ng/L) 124 (124 - 1846) 235.2 (124.0 - 2460.0) 124 (124 - 124)
QNPZ-4 -1.30 (-3.43 - 0.28) -1.70 (-3.35 - 0.45) 0.00 (-0.85 - 0.46)
CSF:blood albumin ratio (mean, SD) 7.946 (3.508) 7.818 (4.074) 5.355 (2.055)

* Unless otherwise designated as mean and SD