Table 1.
Baseline characteristics and SCA viral load measurements
| Number | 14 |
| Gender (M/F) | 9/5 |
| Age (mean years, range) | 51.5 (31–62) |
| Blood T-Cells (mean cells/uL, range) | |
| CD4+ | 736 (429–1738) |
| CD8+ | 702 (196–2332) |
| CSF WBC (mean per uL, range) | 2 (0–7) |
| CSF Protein (mean mg/dL, range) | 37.5 (24–62) |
| Volume (mean mL, range) | |
| Plasma | 6.5 (1–8)1 |
| CSF | 6.5 (4–8) |
| Proportion of positive samples | |
| Plasma | 14/262 |
| CSF | 5/26 |
| Viral load (mean HIV-1 RNA copies/mL, range) | |
| Plasma | 0.8 (0.1–189)3 |
| CSF | 0.2 (0.1–6) |
1
Mann-Whitney P=0.47
2
Fisher’s exact test P=0.02
3
Mann-Whitney P=< 0.0001