Table 3.

Correlation between stroke severity (NIHSS and infarct volume) and percentages of peripheral immune cells

Cell types	Sampling time	NIHSS		Infarct volume
		r	P-value	r	P-value
B-lymphocytes	Onset	−0.162	0.261	−0.402	0.004**
	D1	−0.483	0.000**	−0.416	0.003**
	D7	−0.396	0.004**	−0.305	0.031*
T-lymphocytes	Onset	0.150	0.300	−0.185	0.199
	D1	−0.343	0.015*	−0.371	0.008**
	D7	−0.252	0.078	−0.178	0.217
NK cells	Onset	0.183	0.204	−0.096	0.506
	D1	−0.128	0.375	−0.130	0.369
	D7	−0.255	0.074	−0.363	0.010**
Monocyte	Onset	−0.025	0.865	−0.072	0.618
	D1	0.045	0.761	0.098	0.508
	D7	0.2066	0.151	0.073	0.617
Age		0.140	0.331	0.039	0.786
Gender		0.161	0.263	−0.198	0.169

Notes:

^*P<0.05 and

^**P<0.01.

Abbreviation: NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.