Table 3 Published estimates of survival from CD lymphocyte counts <200 CD4 cells ×106/l
Study, year of publicationNoCountryYearsMedian months of survival (95% CI)
Lawn, 200534134South Africa2002–520 (14 to 28)
Costello, 200535167Thailand1993–921.6 (19 to 24)*
Badri, 200436447South Africa1992–200123.6 (21 to 27)
Schim van der Loeff, 200237378The Gambia1986–977 (5 to 9)
Kilmarx, 20003815Thailand1991–811 (7 to 15)
French, 19993978Ugandabefore 19989 (7 to 15)
Van der Paal, 200728147Uganda1990–200325.7 (21 to 31)
  • *Men only.

  • CI, confidence interval.