Table 4 Association of intestinal helminths with the CD4-positive T cell count in HIV-infected patients (n = 199; among the participants who were screened for helminths via stool samples, only 199 had available CD4-positive T cell count data)
Species | CD4-positive T cell count (cells/μL) | OR (95% CI) | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 200 (n = 43) | ≥ 200 (n = 156) | |||||
Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | |||
Any helminths | 14 (32.6%) | 29 (67.4%) | 56 (35.9%) | 100 (64.1%) | 0.86 (0.42–1.77) | 0.72 |
O. viverrini | 5 (11.6%) | 38 (88.4%) | 28 (17.9%) | 128 (82.1%) | 0.60 (0.22–1.67) | 0.49 |
S. stercoralis | 4 (9.3%) | 39 (90.7%) | 16 (10.3%) | 140 (89.7%) | 0.90 (0.28–2.84) | 1.00 |
Hookworm | 6 (14.0%) | 37 (86.0%) | 16 (10.3%) | 140 (89.7%) | 1.42 (0.52–3.88) | 0.58 |
T. saginata | 1 (2.3%) | 42 (97.7%) | 6 (3.8%) | 150 (96.2%) | 0.60 (0.07–5.08) | 1.00 |