Table 2. Observed values.

	Visit 1 (3–6 months)						Visit 2 (6–12 months)
	ART-Def			ART-Early			ART-Def			ART-Early
Variable	mean	SD	n	mean	SD	n	mean	SD	n	mean	SD	n
Visit age	102.6	33.9	24	118.4	36.2	42	263.0	57.2	12	265.2	71.5	22
Birth weight	2962.9	551.7	24	2930.2	396.3	42	2727.1	390.4	12	2895.5	405.9	22
CD4+ (%)	32.9	7.9	24	37.7	8.4	42	34.5	7.6	12	37.9	6.0	22
CD38+ (% of CD8+)	99.1	0.8	18	97.6	2.0	30	97.8	3.8	8	97.7	2.5	12
HLA-DR+ (% of CD8+)	38.0	17.6	18	10.9	8.8	31	22.9	19.7	7	21.9	16.7	12
CD95+ (% of CD8+)	93.4	7.7	18	67.7	27.5	31	87.0	11.5	7	73.4	22.3	12
CD161+/56+/16+ (% of NK)	55.4	16.5	18	52.4	16.5	31	62.4	7.7	8	60.7	16.9	12
CD161+/56-/16- (% of NK)	3.1	3.4	18	5.4	5.4	31	2.8	1.9	8	4.4	5.8	12
pDC	0.3	0.1	17	0.3	0.2	29	0.4	0.7	8	0.4	0.4	11
CD28+ naïve (% of CD4+)	76.1	9.5	18	75.7	8.7	31	69.7	7.4	8	70.3	11.3	12
CD27+ naïve (% of CD4+)	80.5	8.5	18	83.6	9.3	31	78.4	10.4	8	80.7	5.7	12
CD28+ naïve (% of CD8+)	40.8	20.5	18	56.7	18.7	31	36.7	18.7	8	49.6	18.4	12
CD27+ naïve (% of CD8+)	53.7	18.1	18	74.5	16.8	31	54.5	16.2	8	67.8	14.2	12
Central Memory (% CD4+)	19.7	8.3	18	21.1	8.7	31	17.7	11.2	8	22.6	8.4	12
Central Memory (% CD8+)	22.9	12.5	18	11.8	5.7	31	20.9	4.0	8	16.9	6.1	12
CD38 MFI (on CD8+)	1402.0	790.9	18	551.8	230.5	30	658.6	390.8	8	830.6	355.9	12
IL7 (pg/ml)	4.1	3.7	16	5.4	4.4	28	4.0	3.6	11	4.9	3.4	21
Log10VL	5.9	0.8	14	3.1	0.6	22	5.0	1.6	4	3.0	1.0	16
VL > 400	-	-	14	-	-	15	-	-	3	-	-	4