Table 2.

Correlations for the total group of patients between albumin, globulin, the albumin/globulin (A/G) ratio, haemoglobin, red cell distribution width and BMI, on the one hand, and tryptophan, CD4 counts, neopterin, IL-6, and CRP levels, on the other

	Tryptophan (μM)		CD4 count (cells/μl)		Neopterin (nmol/l)		IL-6 (pg/ml)		CRP (mg/l)
	Rho	p value	Rho	p value	Rho	p value	Rho	p value	Rho	p value
Albumin (g/l)	0.357*	0.001	0.491*	<0.0001	−0.584*	<0.0001	−0.274*	0.009	−0.442*	<0.0001
Globulin (g/l)	−0.321*	0.001	−0.271*	0.020	0.351*	0.0004	0.177	0.074	0.378*	0.0002
A/G ratio	0.385*	0.0003	0.486*	<0.0001	−0.539*	<0.0001	−0.225*	0.033	−0.468*	<0.0001
Hb (g/dl)	0.378*	0.0003	0.420*	0.0003	−0.576*	<0.0001	−0.193	0.063	−0.250*	0.020
RDW (%)	−0.319*	0.003	−0.307*	0.001	0.334*	0.001	0.044	0.676	0.136	0.212
BMI (kg/m2)	0.154	0.157	0.368*	0.004	−0.317*	0.003	−0.360*	0.001	−0.066	0.573

A/G albumin to globulin ratio, Hb haemoglobin, RDW red cell distribution width, BMI body mass index

Spearman Rho correlation significant, *p < 0.05