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. 2019 Sep 5;71(3):652–660. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz877

Table 1.

Demographics and Baseline Biomarkers Overall and by Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Event

Demographic All Participants IRIS Non-IRIS P Value
Number of participants (%) 506 (100) 97 (19.2) 409 (80.8)
Site Kenya 200 (39.5) 33 (34.0) 167 (40.8) .1621
Thailand 100 (19.8) 16 (16.5) 84 (20.5)
United States 206 (40.7) 48 (49.5) 157 (38.6)
Sex Female 199 (39.3) 37 (38.1) 162 39.6) .8181
Male 307 (60.7) 60 (61.9) 247 (60.4)
Age, y 37 (31–45) 37 (30–44) 37 (32–46) .3662
Body mass index (kg/m2) 20.24 (17.90–23.48) 19.70 (17.80, 23.09) 20.49 (17.90, 23.49) .4171
White blood cell count (106/µL) 3.25 (2.47–4.30) 3.21 (2.37–4.98) 3.25 (2.5–4.3) .4535
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 10.9 (9.6–12.4) 10.0 (8.80–11.2) 11.20 (9.8–12.7) <.0001
Platelets (106/µL) 221 (162, 289) 219 (172.0, 303.5) 221 (161.0, 285.0) .7233
Glucose (mg/dL) 85 (76.86, 95.00) 85 (76.32, 96.15) 85 (77.00, 94.68) .7534
CD4 T cells/µL 29 (11–56) 22 (7–49) 30 (12–58) .0358
CD8 T cells/µL 458 (273–740) 384 (237, 656) 476 (279, 747) .0456
Human immunodeficiency virus RNA (copies/mL) 5.30 (4.89–5.70) 5.37 (5.06–5.70) 5.28 (4.87–5.70) .0491
D-dimer (µg/mL) 1.04 (0.62, 2.12) 1.56 (0.89, 3.32) 0.99 (0.58, 1.84) <.0001
C-reactive protein (µg/mL) 5.01 (1.26, 16.69) 9.14 (4.19, 30.06) 4.07 (1.17, 14.57) .0003

Median values are included with interquartile range or percentage. For continuous variables, we used the Wilcoxon rank sum test. For discrete variables, we used the Fisher exact test.

Abbreviation: IRIS, immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome.