Table 2b.
Descriptive statistics (median and 1st and 3rd quartiles) of absolute numbers of lymphocytes subsets in peripheral blood before and after the treatment. Comparative statistics [Hodges–Lehmann (H–L) and Wilcoxon tests] were used to compare all these pairs of variables
| Baseline | 6 months | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cells/µl | Median | IQ range | Median | IQ range | H–L | P (Wilcoxon) |
| CD3 | 1422·00 | 1226·00–1560·00 | 1494·00 | 1242·75–1877·50 | −145 (−502, 13) | 0·049 |
| CD4 | 900·00 | 783·00–1057·00 | 1052·00 | 783·00–1179·50 | −142 (−339, 85) | 0·079 |
| CD8 | 483·00 | 360·00–592·00 | 539·00 | 428·50–729·00 | −83 (−232, 80) | 0·148 |
| CD19 | 198·00 | 162·00–269·00 | 194·50 | 177·25–262·00 | −15 (−76, 47) | 0·173 |
| NK | 198·00 | 160·00–299·50 | 245·00 | 185·25–303·50 | −35 (−122, 63) | 0·289 |
IQ, interquartile; NK, natural killer.