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Table 2 Peripheral blood features of the mothers at 35 weeks of pregnancy (median and range)

From: The impact of maternal HIV infection on cord blood lymphocyte subsets and cytokine profile in exposed non-infected newborns

 

HIV negative mothers

HIV+ mothers

p value

RBC* (M/μL)

3.9

3.3

<0.005

 

(3.7 - 4.7)

(2.5 - 4.7)

 

HB* (g/dL)

11.7

10.7

0.09

 

(9.6 - 13.9)

(9.0 - 13.7)

 

MCV* (fL)

88

104

<0.005

 

(72 - 94)

(75 - 118)

 

WBC* (K/μL)

8.2

7.2

0.04

 

(3.2 - 12.2)

(3.0 - 15.0)

 

Total neutrophils (K/μL)

5.7

4.86

0.07

 

(2.3 - 8.8)

(2.2 - 10.9)

 

Total lymphocytes (K/μL)

1.8

1.6

0.94

 

(0.6 - 2.7)

(0.5 - 4.8)

 

CD4+ count

n.d.*

511

 
  

(57 - 1189)

 

CD8+ count

n.d.*

676

 
  

(321 - 1979)

 

CD4/CD8 ratio

n.d.*

0.73

 
  

(0.06 - 1.97)

 

Platelets (K/μL)

200

217

0.96

 

(102 - 392)

(99 - 360)

 
  1. * RBC = red blood cells; HB = hemoglobin; MCV = mean corpuscular volume; WBC = leukocytes; n.d = not done
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