Table 2.

Ratios from percentage splenic lymphocyte subpopulations

Diet	Age
	Day 7	Day 14	Day 21	Day 65
A. CD4 : CD8*
Base	11·3 + 1·8	4·6 + 2·4	3·3 + 0·2	4·4 + 0·8
Vitamin A supplemented	63·6 + 57·1†	6·9 + 2·6	4·9 + 0·2	6·6 + 1·1
β-Carotene supplemented	4·6 + 1·4	4·2 + 0·7	4·0 + 0·6	4·1 + 1·1
Lycopene supplemented	4·1 + 1·9	6·7 + 2·9	3·4 + 0·3	4·3 + 0·5
B. CD3 : CD45R/B220*
Base	0·04 + 0·0	0·02 + 0·0	0·48 + 0·4	0·53 + 0·1
Vitamin A supplemented	0·21 + 0·2	0·04 + 0·0	0·03 + 0·0	0·61 + 0·3
β-Carotene supplemented	0·18 + 0·1	0·18 + 0·0	0·20 + 0·0	0·53 + 0·1
Lycopene supplemented	0·16 + 0·1	0·02 + 0·0	0·22 + 0·1	0·52 + 0·1

^*Values are expressed as mean + standard error of the mean (SEM).

^†P < 0·05.