Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants
Variables | Phenotype subgroups | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Egg+IgEhi(n = 10) | Egg+IgElo(n = 10) | Egg-IgEhi(n = 10) | Egg-IgElo(n = 10) | |
HIV-infected | Median (minimum-maximum) | |||
Age in years | 28.2 (19.5–39.6) | 34.1 (24.4–49.8) | 27.15 (16.4–42.5) | 27.7 (19.6–45.5) |
Viral load (copies/ml) | 101006.5 (7563–1013265) | 77290 (1818–307768) | 42274.5 (170–222371) | 4234 (509–262962) |
Ascaris epg | 51.5 (0–3786) | 479 (2–6799) | NA | NA |
Trichuris epg | 82 (0–265) | 6.5 (0–234) | NA | NA |
Ascaris IgE | 2.375 (0.64–12.1) | 0.175 (0.175–0.175) | 1.23 (0.65–67.9) | 0.175 (0.175–0.175) |
Total IgE | 823.5 (4.8–4421) | 16.3 (5.2–199) | 593 (76.8–1995) | 67.1 (3.3–447) |
HIV-uninfected | Egg + Ig Ehi (n = 5) | Egg + Ig Elo (n = 7) | Egg - IgE hi (n = 3) | Egg - IgE lo (n = 7) |
Age in years | 43.7 (28.3–74.5) | 47.3 (17.9–56.2) | 34.3 (20.2–40) | 30.2 (22–54.2) |
Ascaris epg | 0 (0–2268) | 10 (0–287) | NA | NA |
Trichuris epg | 104 (0–600) | 0 (0–370) | NA | NA |
Ascaris IgE | 0.47 (0.36–2.63) | 0.175 (0.18–0.3) | 1.11 (0.61–4.6) | 0.175 (0.18–0.3) |
Total IgE | 592 (106–1149) | 15 (24.7–330) | 674 (195–2001) | 112 (59.7–874) |