Table 2.

Early apoptosis in peripheral blood T- and B – lymphocytes in DS children and controls.

	Variable	DS (Mean ± SD)	Controls (Mean ± SD)	P-value
CD3	Percentage	32.11 ± 13.57	9.65 ± 8.04	0.001
	Absolute (×10>3/μl)	0.79 ± 1.19	0.18 ± 0.13	0.001
CD19	Percentage	27.85 ± 16.68	13.54 ± 12.36	0.022
	Absolute (×103/μl)	0.10 ± 0.07	0.08 ± 0.11	0.286