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.