Table 1 Clinical and virological characteristics by proviral load levels in subjects with available LTR sequences
Characteristics | HTLV-1 proviral copies/1000 PBMCs | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | < 50 (n 31) | 50-100 (n 29) | > 100 (n 34) |
Median age*. (range) | 50 (26-71) | 51 (24-70) | 59.5 (21-95) |
Sex | |||
   Male (%) | 12 (39) | 9 (31) | 15 (44) |
   Female (%) | 19 (61) | 20 (69) | 19 (56) |
Lymphocyte subpopulations | |||
   % CD4 cells | 42.9 | 45.2 | 46.8 |
   % CD8 cells | 28.2 | 27.3 | 29.1 |
   % CD25 cells | 20.3 | 22.6 | 29.8 |
Subtype A (%) | |||
   Subgroup A (%) | 26 (84) | 28 (97) | 32 (96) |
   Subgroup B (%) | 5 (16) | 1(3) | 2 (4) |
Mutation | |||
   TRE-1 G232A (%) | 12 (38.7) | 8 (27.5) | 21 (61.8) |
   TRE-1 A184G (%) | 12 (38.7) | 6 (20.7) | 18 (52.9) |