Table 4.

Peripheral lymphocyte subclasses (percentage and absolute count)*.

	1st sample	P § (1st-2nd)	2nd sample	P § (2nd-3rd)	3rd sample	P § (1st–3rd)
Percentage
NK	13 (8–16)	<0.001	19 (14–22)	0.176	18 (12–24)	0.030
CD3	72 (67–78)	0.001	67 (64–72)	0.058	67 (62–72)	0.033
CD4	42 (37–49)	0.024	41 (37–44)	0.639	40 (38–44)	0.049
CD8	26 (21–30)	0.916	24 (20–26)	0.849	24 (20–26)	0.223
Absolute count
NK	232 (196–288)	<0.001	519 (423–662)	<0.001	375 (247–510)	0.002
CD3	1416 (1267–1678)	0.001	1862 (1682–2369)	0.002	1442 (1294–1707)	0.679
CD4	876 (717–990)	0.002	1135 (916–1245)	0.010	868 (749–1060)	0.943
CD8	497 (419–571)	<0.001	703 (518–865)	0.004	521 (468–568)	0.071

*Data are expressed in medians (interquartile range).

^§Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test.