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Table 2 Lymphocyte phenotypes, in the population by season of birth in 18-23 years old men.

From: Thymic function and T cell parameters in a natural human experimental model of seasonal infectious diseases and nutritional burden

 

Lymphocyte subsets (SD) [95%CI]

Mean

Lymph

%

GM

Lymph

× 106/μl

Mean

CD4+

%

GM

CD4+

× 106/μl

Mean

CD8+

%

GM

CD8+

× 106/μl

Mean

CD3+

%

GM

CD3+

106/μl

All

41.7

2.8

40.4

1.0

25.7

0.6

74.2

1.8

 

(9.1)

[2.6-2.9]

(7.4)

[1.0-1.1]

(6.4)

[0.6-0.7]

(8.0)

[1.8-1.9]

n

58

58

59

59

58

59

57

57

Harvest

41.9

2.8

41

1.3

25.1

0.7

74.6

2.1

 

(7.6)

[2.6-3.1]

(7.2)

[1.0-1.3]

(6.2)

[0.6-0.8]

(8.7)

[1.9-2.3]

n

29

29

29

29

28

29

28

28

Hungry

42.9

2.56

39.9

1.0

26.4

0.6

73.8

1.8

 

(9.2)

[2.3-2.7]

(7.6)

[0.9-1.1]

(6.7)

[0.6-0.8]

(7.4)

[1.6-2.0]

n

29

29

30

30

30

30

29

29

p value

0.63

0.06

0.57

<0.03

0.44

0.43

0.70

<0.05

  1. Means and GM in the whole population and by season are shown. The number of samples (n), 95% CI and p values comparing the two seasons are also shown.
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Journal of Biomedical Science

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