Table 2.

Effect of 6 months of supplementation with n-3 enriched foods on absolute numbers of other leukocyte subpopulations

Groupa	CD3	CD4	CD8	CD19	Neutrophils	Monocytes
Placebo	1.64 ± 0.12b	1.05 ± 0.09	0.59 ± 0.07	0.21 ± 0.02	3.51 ± 0.19	0.25 ± 0.03
n-3 supplemented	1.47 ± 0.09	0.95 ± 0.07	0.53 ± 0.04	0.18 ± 0.02	3.04 ± 0.13	0.22 ± 0.02

^aCD3, all circulating T-cells; CD4, all T helper cells; CD8, all cytotoxic T cells; CD19, all B lymphocytes. ^bData are presented as cells/l (× 10⁹) mean ± SEM (n = 16 to 17).