Baseline variables | HIV-1 positive | HIV negative | Community control (Sgr V) | P value | ||||||
Fe pos (Sgr I) | Fe neg (Sgr II) | Fe pos (SgrIII) | Fe neg (SgrIV) | Over-all | I vs II | III vs IV | ||||
n = 60 | n = 58 | n = 30 | n = 50 | N = 40 |
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Serum cytokine levels* (pg/ml) | Th1 type | IL-2 | 6.5 ± 4.0 | 12.2 ± 3.3 | 5.4 ± 3.2 | 18.2 ± 4.4 | 16.8 ± 3.37 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
IFN-γ | 7.71 ± 4.4 | 23.1 ± 4.8 | 5.9 ± 4.7 | 25.6 ± 4.6 | 21 ± 4.44 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||
Th2 type | IL-4 | 40 ± 3.9 | 14.8 ± 2.9 | 35.6 ± 7.2 | 11.2 ± 6.4 | 11.4 ± 0.34 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
IL-10 | 38 ± 11.1 | 6.9 ± 3.3 | 39.6 ± 6.2 | 12 ± 5.7 | 12.9 ± 0.64 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |