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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurovirol. 2016 Jul 11;22(6):715–724. doi: 10.1007/s13365-016-0437-4

Table 2.

Cerebrospinal fluid biochemical, cytological, and virological characteristics by study group

Subtype B
n = 27		 Subtype C
n = 25		 HIV-
n = 19		 P-value,
Subtypes
B vs. C		 P-value,
HIV+ vs.
HIV−
Glucose1,2
mg/dL		 63 (54, 66) 56 (52, 59) 63 (59, 71) 0.004 0.001
Total Protein1
mg/dL		 42 (35, 48) 40 (29, 46) 30 (26, 38) 0.41 0.004
WBC1
cells/mm3 		1.6 (0.3, 4,9) 3.4 (0.6, 11) 2 (1.0, 2.5) 0.23 0.63
WBC > 5 cell/mm3 6 (22%) 8 (32%) 0 0.43 0.015
Lactic Acid1
mmol/L		 1.7 (1.4, 1.9) 1.7 (1.6, 1.8) - 0.76 -
RBC1
cells/mm3 		1.0 (0.0, 24) 0.6 (0.0, 22) 2.0 (1.0, 4.0) 0.75 0.72
CSF HIV RNA Log101 1.7 (1.7, 2.2) 2.2 (1.7, 2.9) - 0.06 -
Log CSF HIV RNA
<1.7 		16 (59%) 09 (36%) - 0.11 -
HIV RNA
CSF > blood 		6 (22%) 4 (16%) - 0.73 -
Albumin1
mg/dL		 25 (19; 31) 22 (14; 29) 18 (15, 24) 0.57 0.03
QAlb1 0.008
(0.006; 0.011)		 0.006
(0.004; 0.009)		 0.005
(0.004; 0.006)		 0.50 <0.0001

Glucose: mg/dL; Total protein: mg/dL; WBC: cell/mm3; lactic acid: mmol/L; VL: viral load; albumin: mg/dL

1

Median (IQR);