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. 2014 Mar 19;14:147. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-147

Table 3.

Summary of blood cell types in the different groups at the acute phase (AP) and receding pandemic (CP) phases

  Healthy controls (n = 30) Phase Silent infection (n = 30) Minor infection (n = 27) Severe infection (n = 34) P -value
WBC, 10 9 /L
5.18 ± 1.21
AP
6.03 ± 1.13
5.49 ± 1.58
6.21 ± 2.96
0.1333
CP
6.17 ± 1.32b
ND
5.78 ± 1.40
0.0164a
Neutrophil, fraction
0.57 ± 0.08
AP
0.51 ± 0.09
0.51 ± 0.14
0.61 ± 0.15c,d
0.0020a
CP
0.52 ± 0.08
ND
0.50 ± 0.09b,e
0.0026a
Lymphocyte, fraction
0.34 ± 0.07
AP
0.38 ± 0.08
0.34 ± 0.15
0.27 ± 0.13c
0.0009a
CP
0.36 ± 0.08
ND
0.39 ± 0.08e
0.0609
Monocyte, fraction
0.07 ± 0.02
AP
0.09 ± 0.02
0.13 ± 0.03b,c
0.11 ± 0.04b,c
<0.0001a
CP
0.09 ± 0.02
ND
0.09 ± 0.02e
0.0001a
PLT, 10 9 /L
207.13 ± 36.88
AP
260.40 ± 54.22b
213.81 ± 47.54c
181.47 ± 48.33c
<0.0001a
    CP 224.37 ± 39.78e ND 253.00 ± 51.70b,c,e 0.0004a

AP, acute phase; CP, convalescent phase; ND, not determined; WBC, white blood cells; PLT, platelet.

asignificant differences in the four groups by one-way ANOVA.

bsignificant difference from the healthy control group.

csignificant difference from the silent infection group.

dsignificant difference from the minor infection group.

esignificant difference from the AP phase within a group.