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. 2013 Mar 15;8(3):e59302. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059302

Table 2. Correlations of clinical parameters and T cell markers.

CD4 CD8
Spearman R p-value Spearman R p-value
HCV-RNA
HLA-DR+CD38+ 0.28 0.08 0.37 0.03
PD1+ 0.52 <0.01 0.55 0.03
Tim3+ 0.01 n.s. 0.17 n.s.
Fas+ 0.20 n.s. 0.32 0.05
ALT
HLA-DR+CD38+ -0.09 n.s. 0.13 n.s.
PD1+ 0.16 n.s. 0.26 n.s.
Tim3+ -0.17 n.s. 0.24 n.s.
Fas+ 0.24 n.s. 0.12 n.s.
Liver fibrosis F0–F2 F3–F4 P-value F0–F2 F3–F4 p-value
HLA-DR+CD38+ 1.6% 1.9% n.s. 4.4% 5.4% n.s.
PD1+ 10.2% 10.4% n.s. 14.6% 9.8% n.s.
Tim3+ 0.6% 1.1% n.s. 0.8% 0.7% n.s.
Fas+ 57% 66% n.s. 34% 32% n.s.

Spearman correlations of HCV-RNA and ALT with expression of activation and exhaustion markers and median expression of these markers in patients with F0–F2 versus F3–F4 fibrosis in all HCV-monoinfected and HIV/HCV-coinfected patients.