Comparison of the baseline clinical features from patients in the study of MMPs with all other HIV uninfected patients recruited to the controlled trial of dexamethasone.

aValues are median (IQR) or number (percentage) unless stated otherwise.
bComparison between the variables of patients in the MMP study with all other patients recruited to the controlled trial (continuous variables compared by the Mann-Whitney U test; categorical variables by the Chi square test).
cComparison of baseline variables between patients given placebo or dexamethasone in the MMP study showed only CSF opening pressure was significantly different (P<0.05) between the groups.
dData not available in this group.