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Thorax 56:394-397 doi:10.1136/thorax.56.5.394
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Enhanced inhibition of lymphocyte activation byMycobacterium avium complex in human T lymphotrophic virus type I carriers

Table 1

Mean (SD) white blood cell counts, lymphocyte counts, T cell subpopulations and PI values in the four study groups

MAC +ve HTLV-I carriers (n=10) MAC +ve HTLV-I non-carriers (n=19) MAC –ve healthy HTLV-I carriers (n=7) MAC –ve healthy HTLV-I non-carriers (n=8)
WBC (/μl) 5332 (1031) 5675 (1233) 5611 (1033) 5778 (1301)
Lymphocytes (/μl) 1933 (897) 1913 (899) 1899 (901) 1979 (901)
T cell (%) 78.8 (18.2) 76.7 (17.7) 76.1 (19.2) 77.8 (18.3)
CD3+ (%) 72.3 (16.4) 69.5 (15.8) 71.7 (16.1) 70.8 (16.9)
CD4+ (%) 43.1 (14.1) 42.2 (15.1) 44.4 (16.1) 43.9 (13.1)
CD8+ (%) 23.8 (19.9) 24.7 (17.5) 23.9 (18.1) 24.1 (18.1)
CD4+/CD8+ 2.1 (0.9) 1.9 (1.1) 2.2 (0.8) 2.0 (1.1)
PI without GPL 2.22 (0.19) 2.32 (0.28) 2.31 (0.33) 2.25 (0.29)
PI with GPL 1.32 (0.09)1-150 1.86 (0.28) 1.38 (0.11)1-150 1.82 (0.2)
  • WBC = white blood cell; PI = proliferation index; GPL = glycopeptidelipid.

  • 1-150 p<0.001 compared with MAC positive HTLV-I non-carriers and MAC negative healthy HTLV-I non-carriers.

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