Table 2.

Correlations between the absolute number of recent thymic emigrants, CD4⁺ gains and immune activation after 6 months on antiretroviral therapy.

	GIR (rho and P)		PIR (rho and P)
Absolute numbers of RTEs and CD4+ gains at T6
# RTEs	Rho = 0.542; P = 0.029	ΔCD4	Rho = −0.22; P = 0.461
Absolute number of RTEs and immune activation
# RTEs	Rho = −0.486; P = 0.0087	%CD38+ HLADR+ CD8+	Rho = −0.802; P = 0.0016
# RTEs	Rho = −0.400; P = 0.0349	%CD38+ HLADR+ CD4+	Rho = −0.824; P = 0.0009

Correlations were performed using nonparametric Spearman test. #, absolute numbers, %, frequency; CD, cluster of differentiation; ΔCD4⁺, CD4⁺ gains between T6 and T0; GIR, good immune reconstitution; PIR, poor immune reconstitution; RTEs, recent thymic emigrants.