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Immunological markers in patients with type C cirrhosis (mean±SD)
| Type C cirrhosis | Type C cirrhosis submitted to splenectomy | |
| Neopterin (pmol/mL) | 8.3 ± 3.2 | 5.2 ± 2.5b |
| sIL2R (U/mL) | 850.7 ± 175.9 | 877.2 ± 458.6 |
| CD4 (%) | 43.1 ± 8.6 | 33.4 ± 7.6 |
| CD8 (%) | 27.6 ± 7.9 | 29.6 ± 9.6 |
| CD4/CD8 ratio | 1.8 ± 0.9 | 1.3 ± 0.4a |
sIL2R: Soluble interleukin-2 receptor. aP < 0.05 vs type C cirrhosis with an intact spleen; bP < 0.01 vs type C cirrhosis with an intact spleen.
