| Table 5: Mean concentration of yeast in mouth rinse in HIV-infected patients and control subjects | |||
| Group, CD4+ count | No.* | Mean (and standard deviation), CFU/mL | p value |
| HIV-positive | |||
| A. >= 500 | 70 | 225 (203) | v. B < 0.0001 |
| v. C <= 0.0001 | |||
| v. D = 0.09 | |||
| B. 200-500 | 166 | 636 (540) | v. C < 0.001 |
| v. D = 0.05 | |||
| C. < 200 | 152 | 1433 (797) | v. D < 0.0001 |
| D. Control | 46 | 415 (419) | |
| *Combined value for all tests over the 6month study period. | |||
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