Table 1.

Immune functions of mice in various groups (¯x ± s)

Group	Week 1	Week 2	Week 4	Week 6
T cell transformation indices (SI)
Group 1	1.95 ± 0.16	2.19 ± 0.18	2.28 ± 0.19	2.35 ± 0.20
Group 2	2.10 ± 0.19	2.13 ± 0.21	2.42 ± 0.23	2.27 ± 0.22
Group 3	1.83 ± 0.17	1.77 ± 0.18	1.58 ± 0.15	1.01 ± 0.10d
Group 4	1.92 ± 0.19	1.82 ± 0.16	1.63 ± 0.17	1.43 ± 0.13a
B cell transformation indices (SI)
Group 1	2.57 ± 0.22	2.35 ± 0.23	2.76 ± 0.24	2.87 ± 0.26
Group 2	2.49 ± 0.24	2.33 ± 0.26	2.82 ± 0.28	2.59 ± 0.29
Group 3	2.54 ± 0.23	2.48 ± 0.24	2.20 ± 0.22	1.49 ± 0.12d
Group 4	2.60 ± 0.22	2.51 ± 0.21	2.43 ± 0.26	2.11 ± 0.20a
NK activity (90)
Group 1	8.66 ± 0.78	11.21 ± 0.99	14.22 ± 1.22b	18.62 ± 1.14c
Group 2	8.96 ± 0.91	11.39 ± 1.12	13.75 ± 1.03	17.99 ± 1.36
Group 3	8.12 ± 0.81	7.63 ± 0.74	6.75 ± 0.62	4.17 ± 0.52d
Group 4	8.00 ± 0.73	7.61 ± 0.83	6.97 ± 0.62	6.24 ± 0.63a

^aP < 0.05 vs group3;

^bP < 0.05,

^cP < 0.01 vs week1;

^dP < 0.05 vs week4.