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. 2010 Jul;161(1):48–56. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2010.04114.x

Table 2.

Median and maximum/minimum values of the total number/ml blood and percentage of T cells, B cells, natural killer (NK) cells and T cells expressing NK markers in healthy individuals and latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) patients.

Total cell number × 106
Percentage
Cells Control n LADA n P-value Control n LADA n P-value
T cells 1·383 20 1·318 46 0·7430 68·82 20 73·79 46 0·0533
Max 2·445 Max 2·391 Max 87·10 Max 6·83
Min 0·7821 Min 0·5790 Min 60·16 Min 48·81
B cells 0·1789 20 0·2148 46 0·6106 11·22 20 12·65 46 0·1629
Max 0·4644 Max 0·6969 Max 16·17 Max 4·92
Min 0·1026 Min 0·0298 Min 5·130 Min 1·570
NK cells 0·2647 20 0·1856 46 0·0019** 13·94 20 9·850 46 0·0018**
Max 0·6443 Max 0·5082 Max 24·78 Max 9·87
Min 0·1070 Min 0·0227 Min 5·350 Min 1·080
T cells exp. NK 0·06095 20 0·07895 46 0·0927 3·425 20 6·245 46 0·0596
Max 0·1286 Max 0·5286 Max 15·23 Max 33·4
Min 0·0067 Min 0·0029 Min 0·370 Min 0·280
**

P < 0·01.