Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine Therapy on the Trend in CD4⁺ T-Cell Counts among Patients with HIV/AIDS Treated with Antiretroviral Therapy: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Table 2

Annual anniversary CD4⁺ T-cell count (cells/mL) in the study cohort.

	All		TCM + cART		cART
	n	Mean (SD)	n	Mean (SD)	n	Mean (SD)	value
Base	1028	352 (209)	307	394 (210)	721	333 (206)	<0.001
y1	412	328 (214)	160	381 (230)	252	295 (195)	<0.001
y2	750	333 (196)	262	357 (214)	488	321 (185)	0.021
y3	734	352 (206)	249	414 (235)	485	320 (182)	<0.001
y4	674	387 (220)	250	416 (222)	424	370 (218)	0.009
y5	869	391 (196)	271	425 (191)	598	376 (197)	0.001
y6	851	409 (203)	269	418 (198)	582	405 (205)	0.397
y7	841	405 (198)	266	394 (184)	575	410 (204)	0.275
y8	837	438 (202)	263	426 (196)	574	443 (204)	0.232
y9	826	432 (193)	256	445 (195)	570	426 (192)	0.188
y10	809	471 (207)	250	503 (205)	559	456 (207)	0.003
y11	777	466 (206)	243	473 (200)	534	463 (209)	0.566
y12	758	503 (221)	236	499 (219)	522	504 (222)	0.749
y13	724	477 (205)	231	460 (203)	493	485 (205)	0.123
y14	739	476 (204)	233	481 (206)	506	474 (203)	0.661