Table 1.

Clinical parameters of HIV-positive patients and healthy controls

	HIV N (20)	HC N (20)	p
Age (years), median (IQR)	34 (19–51)	36 (23–48)	NS
Male [n (%)]	1 (5)	2 (10)	NS
Number of subjects	20	20	NS
Plasma HIV RNA, median (IQR), copies/ml	108,698 (4892–1.4E6)	–	–
CD4+ T cell count, median (IQR), cells/ml	242 (85–495)	–	–
PPD status [n (%)]	6 (30)	18 (90)	<0.05
BMI, median (IQR)	23 (18–25)	24 (21–25)	NS

*p<0.05.

HC, healthy control; BMI, body mass index; IQR, interquartile range; NS, not significant.