Table 2

Category of CD4 T cell count (No. per µl)	Patients on ARV			Patients not on ARV
	Number examined	% distribution of patients by parasite status		Number examined	% distribution of patients by parasite status
	Number examined	Positive	Negative	Number examined	Positive	Negative
<200	75	65.3	34.7	17	52.9	47.1
200-499	78	51.3	48.7	8	50.0	50.0
≥ 500	20	65.0	35.0	2	50.0	50.0
Overall	173	58.9	41.0	27	51.9	48.1
	x²=3.461, p=0.177			x²=0.022, p=0.989

Table 2: Status of the malaria parasite of patients in relation to CD4+ T cell count.