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Table 3 Correlation between clinical parameters and ratios of different CD4+ subpopulations. A comparison of different CD4+ subsets ratios was performed with total and nadir CD4 + T cell counts, CD4/CD8 ratio and viral load. Number of values (n), Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (r), and p value are indicated

From: 7-oxo-DHEA enhances impaired M. tuberculosis-specific T cell responses during HIV-TB coinfection

Clinical parameter

Th1/

FoxP3

Th1/

Tregs

Th1/

uTregs

Th1/

Th17

Th17/

FoxP3

Th17/

Tregs

Th17/

uTregs

CD4 + T cell count (cell/ml)

n = 15

n = 14

n = 15

n = 14

n = 13

n = 13

n = 13

r = 0.59

r = 0.70

r = 0.55

r = 0.055

r = 0.57

r = 0.65

r = 0.24

p = 0.011

p = 0.0026

p = 0.018

p = 0.43

p = 0.024

p = 0.18

p = 0.44

Nadir CD4 T cell count (cell/ml)

n = 15

n = 14

n = 15

n = 14

n = 14

n = 14

n = 14

r = 0.60

r = 0.66

r = 0.36

r = 0.37

r = 0.56

r = 0.48

r = 0.20

p = 0.025

p = 0.018

p = 0.14

p = 0.15

p = 0.048

p = 0.16

p = 0.58

CD4/CD8 T cell ratio

n = 15

n = 14

n = 15

n = 14

n = 13

n = 13

n = 13

r = 0.25

r = 0.49

r = 0.20

r = 0.23

r = 0.22

r = 0.33

r = 0.14

p = 0.19

p = 0.036

p = 0.23

p = 0.21

p = 0.23

p = 0.26

p = 0.65

Viral Load (copies/ml)

n = 15

n = 15

n = 15

n = 14

n = 14

n = 14

n = 14

r = −0.37

r = −0.51

r = − 0.38

r = − 0.34

r = − 0.25

r = − 0.28

r = 0.19

p = 0.087

p = 0.027

p = 0.081

p = 0.12

p = 0.19

p = 0.33

p = 0.52