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. 2025 Jul 16;15:1578394. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2025.1578394

Table 6.

Correlation between the phenotypic changes of immune cells and the occurrence of radiation proctitis.

Items 0-grade acute radiation proctitis n(%) 1-grade acute radiation proctitis n(%) Incidence(%) χ2 P-value 0-grade chronic radiation proctitis n(%) 1-grade chronic radiation proctitis n(%) Incidence(%) χ2 P-value
NK cell 4.810 0.028* 3.737 0.053
ele 47 (51.1%) 22 (23.9%) 31.9% 51 (55.4%) 18(19.6%) 26.1%
non-ele 21 (22.8%) 2 (2.2%) 8.7% 22 (23.9%) 1(1.1%) 4.3%
NKT cell 1.668 0.197 0.950 0.330
ele 41 (44.6%) 18 (19.6%) 30.5% 45 (48.9%) 14 (15.2%) 23.7%
non-ele 27 (29.3%) 6 (6.5%) 18.2% 28 (30.4%) 5 (5.4%) 15.2%
total B cell 0.175 0.676 0.012 0.914
red 45(48.9%) 17 (18.5%) 27.4% 49 (53.3%) 13 (14.1%) 21.0%
non-red 23 (25%) 7(7.6%) 23.3% 24 (26.1%) 6 (6.5%) 20%
sum 68 (73.9%) 24 (26.1%) 73 (79.3%) 19 (20.7%)

*P<0.01. ele, elevation group; non-ele, non-elevation group; red, reduction group; non-red, non-reduction group.