Table 2.

Immunological parameters

	DS median (range)	CTR median (range)	Mann–Whitney p-value
Lymph	1880 (870–3810)	2370 (750–4570)	0.009*
B cells	170 (40–290)	343.62 (160–940)	0.03*
Transitional	20.05 (4–49)	37 (9–140)	0.0003*
Mature	116 (6–320)	224 (20–731)	0.0001*
Memory B	10 (4–30)	50 (20–110)	0.05*
IgM memory	25 (5–80)	9 (0–30)	0.007*
Switched memory	26 (10–210)	4 (0.1–9)	0.01*
T cells (CD3)	1405 (490–2830)	1915.1 (1071–2915)	0.015*
CD4	665 (260–960)	957.9 (483–1818)	0.005*
CD8	581 (226–826)	660 (210–1860)	0.18
CD4-RA	(107–850)	554.31 (53–1434)	0.002*
CD4-RO	338.21 (100–525)	328.8 (150–432)	0.9
CD8-RA	363.34 (99–1180)	432.435 (173–758)	0.6
CD8-RO	213.77 (20–853)	186 (68–500)	0.9
Serum IgM	55 (30.7–110.8)	108.7 (38–187)	0.001*
Serum IgA	120.2 (11.4–278.2)	107.1 (82.6–227.9)	0.4
Serum IgG	1088 (667–1558)	1193 (583–1517)	0.5
Salivary IgA	63.9 (21.6–194.4)	63 (21.6–121.5)	0.9

Absolute cell numbers are expressed as cells/mm3. The range is mentioned between brackets.

Immunoglobulin levels are measured in mg/dl. The range is mentioned between brackets.

*significant difference.