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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Infect Dis. 2022 Jul 16;122:785–792. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.07.035

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics by CMV viremia status

CMV viremia present CMV viremia absent P-Valuea
N per group 121 219
Women 52 (43%) 81 (37%) 0.28
Age, years 35 [29–40] 35 [30–40] 0.63
CD4+ T-cell count per μl 14 [6–53] 24 [8–61] 0.07
 CD4:CD8 ratio 0.1 [0.0–0.1] 0.1 [0.0–0.1] 0.73
Receiving ART 57 (47%) 98 (45%) 0.68
 Months on ART 2.5 [0.5–20] 3.8 [1.1–32] 0.22
CMV DNA, IU/ml 452 [142–2450] 0 [0–0]
Glasgow Coma Scale score <15 49 (41%) 88 (40%) 0.95
Hemoglobin, g/dl 11.0 [9.5–12.6] 11.6 [10.3–13.0] 0.01
CSF white cells ≤5 cells/μl 85 (73%) 126 (60%) 0.03
CSF opening pressure, mmH2 0 260 [180–370] 270 [170–410] 0.52
Randomized to Intervention 76 (63%) 151 (69%) 0.07
Meningitis 0.59
 Cryptococcal meningitis (N = 308) 111 (36%) 197 (64%)
 TB meningitis (N = 32) 10 (31%) 22 (69%)

Data are N (%) or median [interquartile range].

a

P-values are from chi-square or Kruskal-Wallis testing.ART, antiretroviral therapy; mmH2 0, millimeters of water.