Table 1.

Immune subsets in the blood

Cell type (%)	spleen intact male	spleen intact female	splenectomized male	splenectomized female
CD3	17.9±1.4	16.7±1.7	23.2±1.4#	21.5±0.9#
CD4	8.0±1.3	4.9±0.7	9.9±1.7	9.2±0.9##
CD8	9.1±1.3	8.9±1.3	10.3±0.7	11.2±0.4
CD4:CD8 ratio	0.84±0.04	0.54±0.02***	0.99±0.2	0.82±0.06###
CD11c	0.47±0.03	0.35±0.02*	0.48±0.02	0.77±0.06**##
CD11b	29.5±5.0	23.8±4.6	16.2±2.8#	18.7±3.1
CD19	41.0±7.2	49.3±7.9	54.3±6.2	51.3±5.3

^*indicates significant difference between males and females. *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001

^#indicates significant difference between spleen intact and splenectomy. ^#p<0.05; ^##p<0.01; ^###p<0.001