Table 3 Correlations between FDG uptake and markers of disease post-treatment interruption

Length of interruption

NS

NS

Log10 CSF viral load

0.411; p = 0.023

NS

Log10 plasma viral load

0.272; p = 0.038

0.068; p = 0.052

CD4+ cell count

− 0.002; p = 0.028

− 0.001; p = 0.01

Proliferating CD4+ cell count

NS

− 0.010; p = 0.033

CD8+ cell count

− 0.002; p = 0.022

− 0.001; p = 0.022

Proliferating CD8+ cell count

NS

NS

CSF IL-2

0.045; p = 0.052

NS

CSF IL-15

NS

0.043; p = 0.048