Table 1.

Characteristics of the subjects enrolled in the study. IQR: interquartile range. Mann-Whitney U test, **p < 0.01 and ****p < 0.001

Characteristic	HIV-TB (n = 34)	HD (n = 28)
Median CD4 + T cell count (cell/ml)	162.5 (IQR: 34.8–270.0)	789.0 (IQR: 627.2–1031.0) ****
Median viral load (copies/ml)	86,637 (IQR: 9536–241,280)	N/A
Median DHEA plasma concentration (ng/ml)	4.4 (IQR: 2.3–8.7)	0.8 (IQR: 0.7–4.4) **
Median 7-OD plasma concentration (ng/ml)	10.9 (IQR: 4.7–45.7)	5.0 (IQR: 3.0–7.1) **