Utility of Serum Neopterin and Serum IL-2 Receptor Levels to Predict Absolute CD4 T Lymphocyte Count in HIV Infected Cases

Table 2

Change in the level of markers from baseline to followup in the three groups.

Marker	Group A (CD4 < 200)			Group B (200–500)			Group C (>500)
	Baseline; Median; (IQR)	FU; Median; (IQR)	P value	Baseline; Median; (IQR)	FU; Median; (IQR)	P value	Baseline; Median; (IQR)	FU; Median; (IQR)	P value
CD4 count (cells/µL)	111; (79–154)	216 (159–253)	0.000	305 (259–392)	274 (200–406)	0.162	580 (524–750)	487 (383–576)	0.008
S. neopterin (nmol/L)	38.6; (27.5–128.1)	11.2 (8.13–21)	0.00	22.9 (13.4–40.3)	37.1 (16.6–63.3)	0.003	16.2 (10.3–23)	27.6 (19.2–43.1)	0.001
sIL-2R (pM)	96.1; (61.4–139.1)	45.5 (26.7–65.2)	0.000	60.9 (40.9–86.8)	77.8 (56.9–98.2)	0.017	35.1 (25.2–64.6)	53.1 (37.5–84.9)	0.004