Table 3.

Correlation between clinical parameters and ratios of different CD4+ subpopulations. A comparison of different CD4+ subsets ratios was performed with total and nadir CD4 + T cell counts, CD4/CD8 ratio and viral load. Number of values (n), Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (r), and p value are indicated

Clinical parameter	Th1/ FoxP3	Th1/ Tregs	Th1/ uTregs	Th1/ Th17	Th17/ FoxP3	Th17/ Tregs	Th17/ uTregs
CD4 + T cell count (cell/ml)	n = 15	n = 14	n = 15	n = 14	n = 13	n = 13	n = 13
	r = 0.59	r = 0.70	r = 0.55	r = 0.055	r = 0.57	r = 0.65	r = 0.24
	p = 0.011	p = 0.0026	p = 0.018	p = 0.43	p = 0.024	p = 0.18	p = 0.44
Nadir CD4 T cell count (cell/ml)	n = 15	n = 14	n = 15	n = 14	n = 14	n = 14	n = 14
	r = 0.60	r = 0.66	r = 0.36	r = 0.37	r = 0.56	r = 0.48	r = 0.20
	p = 0.025	p = 0.018	p = 0.14	p = 0.15	p = 0.048	p = 0.16	p = 0.58
CD4/CD8 T cell ratio	n = 15	n = 14	n = 15	n = 14	n = 13	n = 13	n = 13
	r = 0.25	r = 0.49	r = 0.20	r = 0.23	r = 0.22	r = 0.33	r = 0.14
	p = 0.19	p = 0.036	p = 0.23	p = 0.21	p = 0.23	p = 0.26	p = 0.65
Viral Load (copies/ml)	n = 15	n = 15	n = 15	n = 14	n = 14	n = 14	n = 14
	r = −0.37	r = −0.51	r = − 0.38	r = − 0.34	r = − 0.25	r = − 0.28	r = 0.19
	p = 0.087	p = 0.027	p = 0.081	p = 0.12	p = 0.19	p = 0.33	p = 0.52