Table 6.

Comparison of immunologic factors in two groups

Factor and time	FTS group (n = 128)	Conventional group (n = 132)	P value
Globulin (g/l)
Before surgery	28.37 ± 3.93	27.32 ± 4.33	0.943
POD1	22.74 ± 3.93	22.39 ± 3.82	1.000
POD3	25.66 ± 2.94	22.21 ± 2.99*	0.038
POD7	29.95 ± 3.85	27.97 ± 4.41	0.537
IgG (g/l)
Before surgery	14.38 ± 2.78	15.33 ± 3.79	0.573
POD1	8.97 ± 1.79	6.11 ± 1.38*	0.033
POD3	11.02 ± 3.53	8.17 ± 2.94*	0.002
POD7	14.53 ± 3.81	13.02 ± 3.73	0.741
IgA (g/l)
Before surgery	2.79 ± 0.52	2.98 ± 0.35	0.757
POD1	1.81 ± 0.43	1.65 ± 0.17*	0.012
POD3	2.08 ± 0.54	1.76 ± 0.47*	0.003
POD7	2.58 ± 0.47	2.62 ± 0.39	0.637
IgM (g/l)
Before surgery	1.21 ± 0.35	1.24 ± 0.44	1.000
POD1	0.82 ± 0.39	0.89 ± 0.43	0.964
POD3	0.75 ± 0.22	0.77 ± 0.31	0.543
POD7	1.18 ± 0.59	1.23 ± 0.48	0.424
CD3
Before surgery	55.99 ± 2.72	57.83 ± 2.64	0.813
POD1	49.92 ± 2.75	46.01 ± 2.83*	0.042
POD3	51.83 ± 2.42	48.02 ± 2.51*	0.019
POD7	55.05 ± 2.69	53.83 ± 2.71	0.737
CD4
Before surgery	45.58 ± 3.92	44.97 ± 4.32	0.958
POD1	33.26 ± 4.72	30.37 ± 5.21*	0.039
POD3	39.39 ± 4.81	34.34 ± 5.72*	0.012
POD7	43.76 ± 4.38	42.87 ± 3.98	0.887
CD8
Before surgery	26.73 ± 4.85	26.08 ± 3.97	1.000
POD1	23.72 ± 4.33	24.42 ± 4.74	0.958
POD3	23.76 ± 3.83	22.73 ± 4.65	0.832
POD7	28.73 ± 4.38	27.62 ± 3.83	0.732
CD4/CD8
Before surgery	1.53 ± 0.33	1.48 ± 0.42	0.739
POD1	1.45 ± 0.31	1.22 ± 0.45*	0.042
POD3	1.52 ± 0.45	1.39 ± 0.30*	0.023
POD7	1.58 ± 0.32	1.53 ± 0.54	0.865

Variables were expressed as the mean ± SD

* P <0.05