Table 6.
Descriptive statistics and test of significance for the relationships between the frequency of smoking and the counts of the types of lymphocytes using the ANOVA one-way test
Cell counts | Group | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | ± SE | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T cells | Light | 627.95 | 2972.13 | 1840.10 | 132.08 | 0.915NS |
Moderate | 604.49 | 2935.05 | 1763.80 | 165.67 | ||
Heavy | 872.05 | 2578.10 | 1936.00 | 253.55 | ||
Very heavy | 1440.94 | 2059.69 | 1787.10 | 104.69 | ||
CD4+ cells | Light | 461.50 | 2104.38 | 1016.90 | 86.47 | 0.971NS |
Moderate | 397.48 | 1629.21 | 1004.20 | 102.24 | ||
Heavy | 592.09 | 1373.55 | 1063.70 | 128.08 | ||
Very heavy | 693.81 | 1464.24 | 957.68 | 117.69 | ||
CD8+ cells | Light | 142.76 | 1271.87 | 720.55 | 56.58 | 0.756NS |
Moderate | 191.91 | 1289.92 | 674.83 | 71.94 | ||
Heavy | 244.77 | 1127.73 | 815.78 | 129.37 | ||
Very heavy | 511.56 | 1009.97 | 717.52 | 71.77 | ||
B cells | Light | 160.42 | 1010.62 | 390.40 | 45.22 | 0.853NS |
Moderate | 129.02 | 631.59 | 358.09 | 36.97 | ||
Heavy | 144.84 | 742.09 | 433.19 | 103.36 | ||
Very heavy | 168.85 | 615.45 | 360.77 | 61.45 | ||
NK cells | Light | 79.09 | 1005.59 | 288.34 | 44.01 | 0.867NS |
Moderate | 28.14 | 416.29 | 250.39 | 29.91 | ||
Heavy | 95.26 | 436.10 | 244.91 | 51.02 | ||
Very heavy | 162.07 | 344.69 | 249.76 | 29.52 | ||
CD4+/CD8+ ratio | Light | 0.82 | 3.23 | 1.53 | 0.13 | 0.968NS |
Moderate | 0.87 | 2.90 | 1.57 | 0.14 | ||
Heavy | 0.91 | 2.42 | 1.46 | 0.22 | ||
Very heavy | 0.84 | 2.86 | 1.45 | 0.31 |
SE standard error, NS not significant (P > 0.05)
Number of subjects: light = 22, moderate = 16, heavy = 6, and very heavy = 6