Table 4

CD4+ Lymphocyte characteristics and HAART use of AIDS free women stratified by baseline CD4+ lymphocyte count

Baseline CD4 <200 (n=224)200 ≤ Baseline CD4 <500 (n=573)Baseline CD4 ≥500 (n=364)
Time periodHAART useMean CD4 (cells/mm3)HAART useMean CD4 (cells/mm3)HAART useMean CD4 (cells/mm3)
*95% Confidence intervals in parentheses; †represents post 4/96 slope – pre 4/96 slope.
10/94–3/951.4%1120.0%3440.0%733
4/95–9/950.5%1160.6%3610.0%703
10/95–3/962.0%960.9%3520.0%696
4/96–9/9616.8%1255.9%3583.0%664
10/96–3/9752.9%15123.4%37211.1%684
4/97–9/9761.7%17339.1%36919.0%595
10/97–3/9862.3%18846.8%35823.8%618
4/98–9/9863.1%21146.7%37028.7%607
10/98–3/9966.0%23156.0%38335.7%592
4/99–9/9973.9%22359.7%38835.0%586
CD4+ slope per year 10/94–4/96*4.6 (−9.2 to 18.4)2.7 (−8.5 to 13.8)−58.8 (−80.4 to −37.3)
CD4+ slope per year 4/96–9/99*35.6 (30.6 to 40.5)8.6 (5.0 to 12.3)−27.8 (−34.6 to −21.0)
Difference of slopes*†31.0 (13.9 to 48.1)5.9 (−7.5 to 19.3)31.0 (5.2 to 56.8)