Low cholesterol? Don't brag yet... hypocholesterolemia blunts HAART effectiveness: a longitudinal study

Table 2 Baseline immune measures in HIV-infected participants with and without hypocholesterolemia

Variables	Total cholesterol <150 mg/dL (n = 68)	Total cholesterol >150 mg/dL (n = 97)	p value
Total T lymphocytes cells/mm ³	1234 ± 737	1505 ± 650	0.02
CD4 cells/mm ³	197 ± 181	295 ± 191	0.02
CD8 cells/mm ³	913.1 ± 390	1146.5 ± 580	0.001
Thymus volume cc ³	8.5 ± 4.6	9.8 ± 2.0	0.4
Viral load HIV copies/mL	208,614 ± 42,369	150,441 ± 27,567	0.2

Note: Values are mean ± standard deviation. The p values represent t-tests comparing variables between individuals with and without hypocholesterolemia. Groups significantly differed in all lymphocyte measurements.