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Table 4 Cell surface antigen staining % total peripheral blood leukocytes

From: Post-operative infection and sepsis in humans is associated with deficient gene expression of γccytokines and their apoptosis mediators

  

Control

Sepsis

P

N

 

5

5

 

Monocytes

 

4.9 (2.5 to 6.9)

5.2 (2.7 to 7.1)

0.9

Lymphocytes

    
 

iNKT

0.8 (0.2 to 1.0)

0.2 (0.1 to 0.7)

0.05*

 

B Cells

6.1(5.2 to 12.8)

16.2 (1.9 to 18.1)

0.62

 

NK cells

2.0 (0.1 to 8.0)

4.6 (0.6 to 12.7)

0.25

 

CD56+CD127+

66.5 (62.7 to 73.9)

20.9 (3.9 to 53.9)

0.01*

 

CD56+

1.6 (0.3 to 3.4)

0.6 (0.3 to 3.8)

0.40

 

CD3+

83.9 (77.5 to 92.7)

61.3 (54.0 to 67.2)

0.009*

 

CD3+CD4+

53.65 (25.7 to 66.4)

77.7 (65.5 to 84)

0.04*

 

CD3+CD4+CD25+

19.85 (3.4 to 25.2)

11.4 (1.8 to 16.5)

0.25

 

CD3+CD8+

30.7 (19.5 to 45.9)

16.1 (14.4 to 33.6)

0.14

 

CD3+CD127+

80.5 (49.3 to 89.3)

97.2 (87.2 to 98.6)

0.01*

  1. Cell surface antigen staining % total peripheral blood leukocytes. All values are quoted as percentage values of total peripheral blood leukocytes. All lymphocyte subsets are quoted as total gated lymphocytes. All values are quoted as median and 10th to 90th centile range. CD4+CD25+, CD4+, CD8+ are quoted as percentages of T Lymphocytes. NK, natural killer cells, iNKT cells; Between group comparison is by Mann Whitney.
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