Table 1

Differences between HIV seropositive and HIV seronegative groups and tuberculous meningitis severity

	HIV positive		HIV negative			Stage 1		Stage 2
Cytokine	Median	Range	Median	Range	p Value	Median	Range	Median	Range	p Value
IFN, interferon; Il, interleukin; TNF, tumour necrosis factor.
IFN γ (pg/ml)	569.9	16.0–2048	890.6	0–2048	0.9	184.5	0–1771.0	1000.0	16.0–2048	0.03
TNF α (pg/ml)	1.6	0–67.5	9.8	0–309.3	0.11	0.65	0–19.2	9.8	0–309.3	0.008
IL 10 (pg/ml)	24.6	0–127.9	17.3	0–296.3	0.9	3.68	0–53.0	27.4	0–296.4	0.97