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

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