Notably, the alexithymic trait was not associated with either current (p = 0.8) or Nadir CD4 T-cell counts (p = 0.9), duration of HIV infection (p = 0.8), AIDS diagnosis (p = 0.5) or baseline HIV viremia (p = 0.4, data not shown), suggesting either a relation with behaviors at risk of getting HIV infection, such as drug addiction [73], or with the early phases of HIV infection [68]. Here, CD4 is linked to AIDS.