Research Article
Acupuncture to Reduce HIV-Associated Inflammation
Table 2
Description of participants at baseline.
| | | Control group ()
Mean (SD) | Treatment group ()
Mean (SD) | value |
| | Gender (male/female) | 9/4 | 8/4 | .891 | | Age (years) | 47.69 (4.8) | 47.33 (9.1) | .902 | | Ethnicity (Black/Hispanic/White) | 12/1/0 | 11/0/1 | .367 | | CD4 count (cells/mm3) | 649 (276) | 928 (557) | .137 | | CD4 range (cells/mm3) | 372 to 1079 | 353 to 2295 | NA | | HIV RNA (copies/mL) | 44.92 (129) | 38.9 (112) | .903 | | hsCRP (mg/L) | 5.37 (2.4) | 9.1 (7.1) | .100 | | D-dimer (g FEU/mL) | 0.42 (0.19) | 0.40 (0.41) | .872 | | Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 187 (39) | 187 (35) | .987 | | LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 109 (24) | 116 (33) | .539 | | HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 50 (25) | 47 (10) | .746 | | Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 142 (59) | 117 (45) | .256 |
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