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Table 1 Characteristics of study groups

From: Cytokine activation is predictive of mortality in Zambian patients with AIDS-related diarrhoea

Group*

HIV status

CD4 count (range)

Diarrhoea

BMI (kg/m2)

1

negative

n/a

No

24.3 (sd 5.8)

2

positive

0–200

No

21.6 (sd 1.9)

3

positive

>200

Yes

16.6 (sd 2.0)

4

positive

0–200

Yes

16.5 (sd 2.5)

5

positive

0–200

Yes

16.2 (sd 2.9)

  1. *Patients in groups 1–4 survived 6 weeks of follow up but patients in group 5 died during this period.