TABLE 4.

Peripheral leukocyte measures by race

Variable	No. of cells (106)/ml (mean ± SD)				Mean % leukocytes ± SD
	African-American subjects	Latino/Latina subjects	F	P	African-American subjects	Latino/Latina subjects	F	P
Leukocytes	6.75 ± 2.71	9.07 ± 2.69	3.85	0.0002
Lymphocytes	1.54 ± 0.54	1.70 ± 0.46	1.71	0.09	38.23 ± 9.80	32.22 ± 8.28	1.61	>0.10
Granulocytes	4.12 ± 1.84	5.78 ± 2.01	2.02	0.05	54.14 ± 10.43	61.07 ± 8.63	1.72	0.09
Monocytes	0.48 ± 0.19	0.58 ± 0.32	0.23	>0.10	6.90 ± 2.44	6.18 ± 2.39	0.48	>0.10
T lymphocytes	1.20 ± 0.45	1.34 ± 0.39	1.20	>0.10	76.46 ± 8.46	78.03 ± 8.16	1.10	>0.10
B lymphocytes	0.23 ± 0.12	0.23 ± 0.13	2.33	0.03	15.39 ± 5.82	14.18 ± 6.89	1.52	>0.10
CD4+ lymphocytes	0.67 ± 0.26	0.75 ± 0.29	1.01	>0.10	43.02 ± 7.25	43.09 ± 8.31	0.35	>0.10
CD8+ lymphocytes	0.32 ± 0.16	0.35 ± 0.11	1.21	>0.10	20.84 ± 5.43	20.80 ± 5.43	0.57	>0.10
Helper-to-suppressor ratio					2.31 ± 0.84	2.32 ± 1.18	0.44	>0.10
CD29+ lymphocytes (inducers of help)	0.27 ± 0.14	0.35 ± 0.16	0.19	>0.10	17.17 ± 6.63	19.86 ± 5.75	1.38	>0.10
CD45RA+ lymphocytes (inducers of suppression)	0.33 ± 0.15	0.39 ± 0.21	0.07	>0.10	20.90 ± 6.33	22.29 ± 8.23	0.90	>0.10
CD56+ lymphocytes (NK cells)	0.06 ± 0.06	0.11 ± 0.14	1.79	0.08	4.06 ± 4.41	5.30 ± 4.27	0.70	>0.10
HLA-DR+ lymphocytes (activated T cells)	0.09 ± 0.06	0.13 ± 0.06	1.48	>0.10	5.62 ± 3.95	7.82 ± 3.23	2.10	0.04