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Table 3 Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection with respect to CD4+ T cell count

From: Intestinal parasitic infections in relation to CD4+ T cell counts and diarrhea in HIV/AIDS patients with or without antiretroviral therapy in Cameroon

CD4+ T cell count

Pre-ART

On-ART

Overall

Present No (%)

Absent No (%)

Present No (%)

Absent No (%)

Present No (%)

Absent No (%)

<200cells/μl

17(100)

0(0)

54(91.5)

5(8.5)

71 (93.4)

5 (6.5)

200 – 499cells/μl

20(95.2)

1(4.8)

93(92.1)

8(7.9)

113 (92.6)

9 (7.3)

≥500cells/μl

9(64.3)

5(35.7)

55(62.5)

33(37.5)

64 (62.3)

38 (37.6)

Total

46

6

202

46

248

52

χ2, P-value

χ2 = 11.179, p = 0.004

χ2 = 34.137, p = 0.000

χ2 = 42.825, p = 0.000

  1. χ2 = Chi square values for the association between CD4+ T cell counts and Antiretroviral therapy