Table 5.

Percentage of apoptotic T lymphocytes among the studied groups

	Range	Median	Mean rank
Sepsis group	2.375 to 9.016	5.914	83.156
Non-sepsis group	0.735 to 5.785	1.738	43.412
Control group	0.637 to 3.190	1.054	26.853
Kruskal-Wallis test	χ2 = 65.184	P = 0.000*
Mann-Whitney test	Sepsis and non-sepsis groups	Sepsis and control groups	Non-sepsis and control groups
Z	-6.480	-6.929	-3.240
P value	0.000*	0.000*	0.001*

*Significant change, P < 0.05.