Intestinal helminth infections in HIV-infected patients in Savannakhet after establishment of an HIV registration network in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Table 4 Association of intestinal helminths with the CD4-positive T cell count in HIV-infected patients (n = 199; among the participants who were screened for helminths via stool samples, only 199 had available CD4-positive T cell count data)

Species	CD4-positive T cell count (cells/μL)				OR (95% CI)	P value
	< 200 (n = 43)		≥ 200 (n = 156)
	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
Any helminths	14 (32.6%)	29 (67.4%)	56 (35.9%)	100 (64.1%)	0.86 (0.42–1.77)	0.72
O. viverrini	5 (11.6%)	38 (88.4%)	28 (17.9%)	128 (82.1%)	0.60 (0.22–1.67)	0.49
S. stercoralis	4 (9.3%)	39 (90.7%)	16 (10.3%)	140 (89.7%)	0.90 (0.28–2.84)	1.00
Hookworm	6 (14.0%)	37 (86.0%)	16 (10.3%)	140 (89.7%)	1.42 (0.52–3.88)	0.58
T. saginata	1 (2.3%)	42 (97.7%)	6 (3.8%)	150 (96.2%)	0.60 (0.07–5.08)	1.00

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