Prevalence of Oral Manifestations and Their Association with CD4/CD8 Ratio and HIV Viral Load in South India

Table 4

Mean CD4/CD8 ratio and their association with presence or absence of oral manifestations.

Oral manifestations (OM)	Mean absolute CD4 count when respective OM present (cells/mm^3)	Mean CD4/CD8 ratio of group when respective OM present	Mean CD4/CD8 ratio of group when respective OM absent	Z	P value
Any oral manifestation	196.18	0.24 (S.D—0.23)	0.35 (S.D—0.17)	3.2	.01^a
EC	147.18	0.18 (S.D—0.12)	0.32 (S.D—0.26)	3.73	.00^a
PC	126.78	0.16 (S.D—0.15)	0.27 (S.D—0.23)	1.8	.05^a
OHL	149.39	0.26 (S.D—0.23)	0.26 (S.D—0.22)	.08	.93^b
Hyperpigmentation	192.27	0.23 (S.D—0.26)	0.28 (S.D—0.20)	1.7	.08^b
Xerostomia	195.7	0.22 (S.D—0.17)	0.29 (S.D—0.24)	1.8	.07^b

S.D: Standard deviation.
^aStatistically significant.
^bNot statistically significant.