Table 4 |
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Laboratory data of <60-month-old severely malnourished children categorised by their HIV status and malnutrition type. |
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| HIV-positive children |
HIV-negative children |
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| Oedema n = 53 median (IQR) |
No oedema n = 70 median (IQR) |
Oedema n = 119 median (IQR) |
No oedema n = 73 median (IQR) |
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| Haemoglobin (g/dL) |
8.2 (6.4–9.6) |
7.3 (6–9.1) |
8.0 (6.1–9.3) |
8.4 (6.7–9.8) |
| White blood cells (109/L) |
11.0 (8.3–17) |
7.2 (4.2–12) |
10.0 (7.7–17) |
11.0 (8.8–15) |
| Neutrophils (109/L) |
6.2 (3.1–8.5)* |
2.9 (2.3–7.7) |
5.4 (3.5–8.8) |
6.1 (3.2–9.0) |
| Neutrophils (%) |
59.0 (34–70) |
61.0 (37–73) |
55.0 (48–66) |
53.0 (38–63) |
| Monocytes (109/L) |
667.0 (182–1246)* |
153.0 (83–263) |
217.0 (107–540) |
412.0 (176–534) |
| Monocytes (%) |
5.7 (2–10)* |
2.0 (1.0–2.8) |
2.0 (1–5) |
3.5 (2–6.5) |
| Total lymphocytes (109/L) |
3.3 (2.4–6.3) |
2.5 (1.7–4.1)* |
4.5 (2.6–7.2) |
4.4 (3.6–5.7) |
| Lymphocytes (%) |
39.0 (23–57) |
36.0 (26–50) |
39.0 (31–49) |
42.0 (32–55) |
| CD4+ cell counts |
630.0 (305–1759)*** |
379.0 (123–713) |
1354 (894–1914)*** |
1169 (682–1600) |
| CD4+ cells (%) |
20.0 (14–42)*** |
14.0 (5–25) |
35.0 (29–44)*** |
27.0 (22–37) |
| CD8+ cell counts |
1046 (521–1896) |
811.0 (462–1363) |
822.0 (492–1367)** |
595 (328–1054) |
| CD8+ cells (%) |
23.0 (20–39)* |
41.0 (27–56) |
15.0 (12–21) |
16.0 (13–21) |
| CD4+/CD8+ cell ratio |
0.9 (0.4–1.6)*** |
0.4 (0.1–0.9) |
2.2 (1.6–3.0) |
1.9 (1.2–2.8) |
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*p value < 0.05, **p value < 0.005, and ***p value < 0.001, comparing each HIV status group with the type of severe malnutrition. |
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Bachou et al. Nutrition Journal 2006 5:27 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-5-27 |
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