Table 2.

Polymorphonuclear cells, lymphocytes and monocytes count of experimental rats after 20 weeks of treatment

	CON	HF	HFS
PMN cells (%)	5-15	3-27	7-23
Lymphocytes (%)	19-58	4-33**	7-20***
Monocytes (%)	27-76	36-85**	40-83*

Values were obtained from groups CON (AIN diet and water for 20 weeks); HF (AIN diet + 20% fructose solution in water for 20 weeks), and HFS (8% high salt in AIN93 diet + 20% fructose solution in water for 10 weeks after previous treatment for a period of 10 weeks with HF). Kruskall Wallis test followed by Dunns test. Values indicate lowest and highest percentage of cells counted respectively. ^*P < 0.05; ^**P < 0.01; ^***P < 0.001. Polymorphonuclear (PMN) cells.