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Table 1 Description of the cohort (n = 33)

From: A 12 week longitudinal study of microbial translocation and systemic inflammation in undernourished HIV-infected Zambians initiating antiretroviral therapy

Demographic and clinical characteristics

Female sex, n (%)

15 (45%)

Age (median years, IQR)

36 (31–42)

Baseline BMI (median kg/m2, IQR)

16.7 (15.4 - 17.6)

Week 12 BMI (median kg/m2, IQR)

17.6 (16.5 - 19.0)*

Baseline CD4+ count (median cells/μL, IQR)

224 (151–256)

Week 12 CD4+ count (median cells/μL, IQR)

349 (275–426)*

Median serum and urine biomarker values pre-treatment and after 12 weeks of antiretroviral therapy, median (IQR)

Biomarker

Recruitment

Week 12 of ART

Lipopolysaccharide binding protein (μg/ml)

46.7 (33.6 – 74.3)

38.4 (31.1 – 44.4)*

Soluble CD14 (μg/ml)

2.4 (2.0 - 2.6)

2.5 (2.0 - 3.1)

Endotoxin core IgM (units/ml)

14.1 (12.7 - 20.0)

17.7 (11.7 - 22.7)

Endotoxin core IgG (units/ml)

38.4 (23.9 - 86.6)

32.9 (16.1 - 94.5)

C-reactive protein (mg/l)

18.3 (4.5 - 64.8)

6.4 (3.8 - 19.7)*

TNF-α receptor 1 (ng/ml)

1.3 (0.8 – 2.4)

1.0 (0.6 – 1.3)*

Soluble CD163 (ng/ml)

684 (511–1022)

531 (376–1040)

Urine lactulose-to-creatinine ratio (mmol/mol)

29.3 (12.6 – 55.2)

34.0 (14.1 – 86.3)

  1. Abbreviation: ART antiretroviral therapy, BMI body mass index, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-α, IQR interquartile range.
  2. *p < 0.05 for change at 12 weeks.