Table 1.

Clinical and immunological data of patients included in the study.

Group	Time of ART initiation	Number HIV-1 DNA copies	CD4 + T cell number	CD8 + T cell number	CD4 + /CD8 +  ratio	Months on ART
LR	LA	< 10	890	1187	0.75	27
LR	EA	80	1340	957	1.40	14
LR	EA	86	600	556	1.08	21
LR	EA	89	580	382	1.52	36
LR	EA	126	1090	795	1.37	36
LR	EA	216	930	603	1.54	33
LR	EA	544	1280	955	1.34	16
LR	EA	548	1100	696	1.58	33
LR	LA	574	690	812	0.85	46
LR	EA	631	1110	941	1.18	25
HR	LA	716	840	1217	0.69	17
HR	LA	956	720	878	0.82	13
HR	EA	1341	760	559	1.36	7
HR	LA	1681	810	1173	0.69	36
HR	LA	2289	780	1083	0.72	25
HR	LA	2852	610	824	0.74	37
HR	LA	3135	960	980	0.98	15
HR	EA	3669	450	395	1.14	17
HR	LA	5102	980	1065	0.92	33
HR	LA	20.029	1000	990	1.01	45

LR low reservoir, HR high reservoir, EA early ART, LA late ART.