HIV ART HIV ART  
  Healthyindividuals HIV without ART D4T/3TC/EFV TDF/3TC/EFV Health care workers
Gender
female/male 14/6 15/5 13/7 18/2 8/2
Age
mean ± SD 30 ± 7 36 ± 10 37 ± 7 41 ± 6 31 ± 11
range (min-max)  23 - 52 18 - 55 29 - 54 34 - 53 22 - 56
CD4 cell counts
mean ± SD   480 ± 164 ** 623 ± 240 649 ± 204  
range (500 - 1200)* 268 - 858 202 - 1081 302 - 933  
Duration of ART (months)
mean ± SD     51 ± 26 51 ± 28 1
range     13 - 100 6 - 99  
* normal range of CD4 counts in a healthy population
** significantly lower than HIV ART groups
Table 1: Patient Characteristics.
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