From: Case control study: magnetic resonance spectroscopy of brain in HIV infected patients
Variable | Healthy controls | Asymptomatic HIV | HIV with CNS lesion | p-value | Post-hoc comparison | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | I vs II | I vs III | II vs III | |||
 | Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 |  |  |  |  |
 | n = 30 | n = 20 | n = 21 |  |  |  |  |
Age | 34.33 ± 12.5 | 36.95 ± 13.1 | 37.29 ± 10.6 | 0.63 |  |  |  |
Respiratory rate Per minute | 15.8 ± 1.1 | 15.4 ± 1.1 | 16.6 ± 2.2 | 0.04 | 1.00 | 0.19 | 0.04 |
Systolic blood pressure in mmHg | 121.67 ± 7.47 | 118.5 ± 7.42 | 112 ± 12.55 | 0.002 | 0.72 | 0.001 | 0.08 |
CD4 count/ul |  | 257.40 ± 129.09 | 106.95 ± 86.94 | 0.0001 |  |  |  |
Hemoglobin gm/dl | 14.49 ± 1.57 | 12.46 ± 1.28 | 10.68 ± 2.69 | 0.0001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.01 |
Serum Calcium Meq/L | 9.16 ± 0.6 | 8.56 ± 0.77 | 8.16 ± 0.64 | 0.0001 | 0.007 | 0.001 | 0.18 |
Serum sodium Meg/L | 140.03 ± 4.04 | 138.05 ± 4.51 | 134.76 ± 5.52 | 0.0008 | 0.43 | 0.001 | 0.72 |
Serum albumin gm/dl | 4.56 ± 0.77 | 3.89 ± 0.81 | 3.36 ± 0.61 | 0.0001 | 0.008 | 0.001 | 0.72 |
Serum globulin gm/dl | 2.43 ± 0.59 | 3 ± 0.46 | 3.6 ± 0.98 | 0.0001 | 0.01 | 0.001 | 0.72 |
LDL mg/dl | 100.37 ± 15.33 | 103.7 ± 20.9 | 126.62 ± 20.9 | 0.0001 | 1 | 0.001 | 0.001 |