Table 2. Lymphocytes subsets presented as percentages of total lymphocytes gated (mean ± SD).

Cell Type	BD (n = 23)	MD (n = 22)	HC (n = 20)	P1	P2	P3	P4
CD3+ T cell	66.59 ± 10.70	68.56 ± 9.98	67.20 ± 9.41	0.844	0.663	0.514	0.800
CD3+CD4+ Th cell	36.07 ± 8.00	35.40 ± 8.05	33.51 ± 7.53	0.292	0.440	0.777	0.554
CD3+CD8+ Tc cell	22.50 ± 6.73	28.93 ± 7.93	29.45 ± 6.80	0.002*	0.816	0.004*	0.003*
CD3-CD16+CD56+NK cell	18.88 ± 8.67	18.34 ± 9.85	21.59 ± 8.18	0.368	0.286	0.841	0.534

^*P < 0.05 (two-tailed). Abbreviations: Th, helper T cell; Tc, T cytotoxic cell; NK, Natural Killer cell.

P₁: BD and HC; P₂: MD and HC; P₃: BD and MD; P₄: BD, MD and HC.