Research Article
ART Regimen and Other Sociodemographics Do Not Affect Cytokine Expression in HIV Patients in Ghana
Table 3
Correlation of the sociodemographic, CD4 counts, plasma viral load, and cytokine distribution of the study participants.
| | | Age | HIV duration | ART duration | Baseline CD4 | CD4, 6 months | CD4, 1 year | PVL, 6 months | PVL, 1 year | IFN-γ | IL-10 | IL-12 | IL-17 |
| Age | r | | 0.17 | 0.14 | −0.11 | −0.02 | −0.03 | −0.22 | −0.06 | −0.27 | −0.24 | −0.18 | −0.00 | | | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.77 | 0.68 | 0.01 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.98 | HIV duration | r | | | 0.47 | −0.03 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.07 | −0.03 | −0.13 | −0.11 | −0.12 | −0.07 | | | | 0.00 | 0.66 | 0.05 | 0.37 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.29 | ART duration | r | | | | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 0.07 | −0.16 | −0.09 | −0.11 | −0.03 | | | | | 0.63 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.51 | 0.34 | 0.02 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.65 | Baseline CD4 | r | | | | | 0.68 | 0.50 | −0.07 | −0.04 | −0.01 | −0.02 | −0.07 | −0.04 | | | | | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.42 | 0.58 | 0.86 | 0.76 | 0.32 | 0.56 | CD4, 6 months | r | | | | | | 0.68 | −0.03 | −0.07 | −0.03 | −0.05 | −0.09 | −0.17 | | | | | | | 0.00 | 0.71 | 0.36 | 0.73 | 0.52 | 0.23 | 0.02 | CD4, 1 year | r | | | | | | | −0.07 | −0.22 | −0.09 | −0.07 | −0.08 | −0.11 | | | | | | | | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.16 | PVL, 6 months | r | | | | | | | | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.06 | −0.02 | | | | | | | | | 0.65 | 0.21 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.79 | PVL, 1 year | r | | | | | | | | | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.02 | | | | | | | | | | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.77 | IFN-γ | r | | | | | | | | | | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.50 | | | | | | | | | | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | IL-10 | r | | | | | | | | | | | 0.92 | 0.61 | | | | | | | | | | | | 0.00 | 0.00 | IL-12 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | 0.63 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0.00 | IL-17 | r | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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