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Table 4 Correlation (Spearman) of maternal and infant p24 antigen levels and maternal viral load with maternal and infant p24 antigen

From: Maternal plasma viral load and neutralizing/enhancing antibodies in vertical transmission of HIV: A non-randomized prospective study

Plasma dilution

p24 antigen (M vs I) Correlationa log (p-value)b

MVL and Mp24 Correlationc log (p-value)b

MVL and Ip24 Correlationd log (p-value)b

10-1

0.412 (0.005)

0.12 (0.448)

0.09 (0.562)

10-2

0.59 (0.0001)

0.18 (0.249)

0.11 (0.473)

10-3

0.72 (0.0001)

0.14 (0.355)

0.04 (0.832)

10-4

0.40 (0.028)

-0.15 (0.423)

-0.16 (0.394)

10-5

0.75 (0.0001)

-0.10 (0.581)

0.31 (0.091)

10-6

0.69 (0.0001)

-0.34 (0.064)

-0.31 (0.089)

  1. M = mother; I = infant; MVL = maternal viral load; Mp24 = maternal p24 antigen; Ip24 = infant p24 antigen
  2. aSpearman correlation coefficient between log values of maternal and infant p24 antigen.
  3. bp-value to test for statistically significant correlation.
  4. cSpearman correlation coefficient between log values of maternal viral load and maternal p24 antigen.
  5. dSpearman correlation coefficient between log values of maternal viral load and infant p24 antigen.
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