AIDS Research and Therapy

Table 3 Influence of Age, Income status, smoking and alcohol consumption on absolute CD4 count and percentages

From: Establishment of reference CD4+ T cell values for adult Indian population

	N	CD4 count(Cells/μL)			CD4 percentage
		Mean ± SD	Median	P value	Mean ± SD	Median	P value
Age
< 18	1	1728	1728	----	52	52	---
18-24	270	911 ± 306	873		38 ± 7	38
25-40	766	895 ± 295	842	< 0.001	37 ± 6	37	0.01
41-60	168	1034 ± 357	994		39 ± 7	38
≥ 61	1	1201	1201	---	34	34	----
Marital status
Married	723	924 ± 326	876	0.706	38 ± 6	37	0.828
Unmarried/Single	428	916 ± 301	878		38 ± 6	37
Income status
High	102	1168 ± 368	1167	< 0.001	40 ± 7	40	< 0.001
Medium	900	931 ± 285	858		38 ± 6	38
Low	204	734 ± 289	781		36 ± 7	36
Alcohol Consumption
Habitual	5	770 ± 232	806	> 0.05	37 ± 10	37	> 0.05
Occasional	108	924 ± 278	900		38 ± 7	37
No	1091	919 ± 315	873		38 ± 6	37
Smoking
Habitual	29	958 ± 274	924	> 0.05	37 ± 7	38	> 0.05
Occasional	60	908 ± 316	861		38 ± 7	37
No	1115	919 ± 312	877		38 ± 6	37

The influence of age, marital and income status and habits like smoking and alcohol consumption on CD4 counts was assessed using the Mann Whitney's U test. The p values less than 0.05 considered to be significant.

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