Table 2.

Apoptotic cells within the monocyte subsets.

	CD14++CD16− classical		CD14+CD16+ nonclassical
	Healthy	DM1	Healthy	DM1
% of apoptotic cells within subset	22.0 ± 7.1	51.6 ± 21.1	18.5 ± 10.1	45.5 ± 18.2
Statistical significance P	0.0000		0.0000
Absolute number of apoptotic cells/mm3	193.8 ± 12.1	314.7 ± 37.4	5.01 ± 0.45	24.6 ± 3.8
Statistical significance P	0.0000		0.0000

Values are presented as arithmetic means ± S.D.; DM1—diabetes mellitus type 1.

Statistical differences were calculated between the values for the patients and those for healthy controls within each monocyte subset.