Table 5.

Categorical analysis of odds ratios adjusted by age and sex.

	Normal	Mildly elevated	Moderately elevated	Severely elevated
CD4+/Lym (%)	OR	0.615	0.824	2.371
	CI	0.185–2.044	0.257–2.636	0.784–7.173
	P	0.427	0.744	0.126
Th1/CD4+ (%)	OR	2.077	5.451	9.503
	CI	0.523–8.241	1.456–20.413	2.500–36.116
	P	0.299	0.012*	0.001**
Th17/CD4+ (%)	OR	0.649	3.000	4.584
	CI	0.167–2.517	0.910–9.892	1.402–14.983
	P	0.532	0.071	0.012*
Th22/CD4+ (%)	OR	0.713	2.667	7.125
	CI	0.178–2.858	0.771–9.220	2.081–24.398
	P	0.633	0.121	0.002**
CD4+ (#/μL)	OR	0.533	1.174	1.196
	CI	0.164–1.735	0.389–3.544	0.397–3.598
	P	0.296	0.776	0.075
Th1 (#/μL)	OR	0.942	2.543	5.717
	CI	0.254–3.489	0.758–8.534	1.709–19.122
	P	0.928	0.131	0.005**
Th17 (#/μL)	OR	1.528	1.665	3.900
	CI	0.454–5.145	0.513–5.400	1.217–12.495
	P	0.493	0.396	0.022*
Th22 (#/μL)	OR	3.113	68.002	112.9
	CI	0.121–79.94	3.771–1233	6.192–2058
	P	1.000	0.000**	0.000**

/Lym (%): percentage in total lymphocytes.

#/μL: absolute counts of corresponding Th cells per milliliter of peripheral blood.

∗: statistically significant at level of P < 0.05.

∗∗: statistically significant at level of P < 0.01.