TABLE 3.

Peripheral blood leukocyte measures by sex

Variable	No. of cells (106)/ml (mean ± SD)				Mean % leukocytes ± SD
	Male subjects	Female subjects	F	P	Male subjects	Female subjects	F	P
Leukocytes	6.92 ± 2.86	7.28 ± 2.80	1.44	>0.10
Lymphocytes	1.55 ± 0.52	1.58 ± 0.53	0.83	>0.10	38.45 ± 10.11	36.20 ± 9.45	1.66	>0.10
Granulocytes	4.25 ± 1.91	4.54 ± 2.01	1.45	>0.10	54.05 ± 10.56	56.35 ± 10.30	1.78	0.08
Monocytes	0.51 ± 0.23	0.49 ± 0.21	1.20	>0.10	6.87 ± 2.07	6.71 ± 2.72	1.00	>0.10
T lymphocytes	1.17 ± 0.44	1.27 ± 0.45	0.77	>0.10	73.68 ± 9.01	79.50 ± 6.74	5.08	0.0001
B lymphocytes	0.26 ± 0.14	0.21 ± 0.11	3.43	0.0009	16.83 ± 6.54	13.71 ± 5.01	2.14	0.04
CD4+ lymphocytes	0.63 ± 0.25	0.74 ± 0.27	2.24	0.03	40.16 ± 7.09	45.64 ± 6.71	5.85	0.0001
CD8+ lymphocytes	0.33 ± 0.16	0.32 ± 0.14	0.75	>0.10	20.78 ± 5.31	20.88 ± 5.53	0.23	>0.10
Helper-to-suppressor ratio					2.12 ± 0.84	2.47 ± 0.93	2.44	0.02
CD29+ lymphocytes (inducers of help)	0.27 ± 0.15	0.30 ± 0.14	1.17	>0.10	16.26 ± 6.76	18.86 ± 6.13	2.54	0.02
CD45RA+ lymphocytes (inducers of suppression)	0.33 ± 0.17	0.35 ± 0.17	0.60	>0.10	20.30 ± 6.65	21.88 ± 6.63	1.34	>0.10
CD56+ lymphocytes (NK cells)	0.08 ± 0.10	0.06 ± 0.06	1.56	>0.10	4.81 ± 5.12	3.73 ± 3.56	1.72	0.09
HLA-DR+ lymphocytes (activated T cells)	0.11 ± 0.07	0.09 ± 0.06	1.79	0.08	6.47 ± 4.48	5.50 ± 3.29	1.48	>0.10