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Table 4 Birth data, cord blood counts and lymphocyte subsets of the newborns (median and range)

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

 

Not exposed (controls)

HIV - exposed

p value

Weight (grams)

3100

2962

<0.005

 

(2988 - 3915)

(1885 - 3885)

 

Height (cm)

48

48

0.87

 

(40 - 53)

(33 - 53)

 

Capurro score

278

267

<0.005

 

(256 - 294)

(255 - 293)

 

RBC (M/μL)

4.6

3.5

<0.005

 

(4.1 - 5.0)

(2.7 - 4.7)

 

HB (g/dL)

15.7

13.7

<0.005

 

(13.2 - 18.0)

(9.1 - 16.4)

 

MCV (fL)

104

117

<0.005

 

(99 - 124)

(88 - 150)

 

Platelets (K/μL)

202

242

0.12

 

(119 - 328)

(103 - 455)

 

WBC (K/μL)

11.1

9.1

0.08

 

(4.4 - 19.5)

(4.0 - 22.0)

 

Total neutrophils (K/μL)

4.2

3.5

0.32

 

(0.8 - 9.4)

(1.0 - 8.8)

 

Total lymphocytes (K/μL)

5.7

5.1

0.16

 

(3.0-9.1)

(1.5 - 10.5)

 

% CD3+

18.3

24.8

0.03

 

(13.8 - 32.3)

(12.0 - 41.5)

 

% CD3/CD4+

12.6

17.2

0.32

 

(8.9 - 23.3)

(3.0 - 28.2)

 

% CD3+/CD8+

4.6

6.4

0.002

 

(1.8 - 10.7)

(2.3 - 15.5)

 

CD4/CD8 ratio

3.5

2.3

0.04

 

(1.6 - 8.3)

(0.2 - 6.5)

 

% CD19+

3.6

5.7

0.01

 

(2.0 - 5.9)

(1.7 - 16.2)

 

% CD19+CD5+ **

59.5

75.8

0.006

 

(42.8 - 91.1)

(47.7 - 97.0)

 
  1. * RBC = red blood cells; HB = hemoglobin; MCV = mean corpuscular volume; WBC = leukocytes, ** among all CD19+ cells