Table II.

Detection of T-cell subsets (CD3⁺, CD4⁺ and CD8⁺) in peripheral blood (mean ± SD).

T-cell subset	Group A	Group B	Group C	F	P-value
CD3+ (%)
T1	42.98±5.82	43.82±6.13	45.31±7.33	1.67	0.19
T2	56.25±5.91	58.83±6.11a	64.32±6.32a,b	22.71	<0.001
t	11.31	12.26	13.89
P-value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
CD4+ (%)
T1	24.33±4.82	25.13±5.12	23.92±3.19	0.95	0.39
T2	33.77±4.08	35.41±5.11	39.27±3.91a,b	20.60	<0.001
t	10.57	10.05	21.51
P-value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
CD8+ (%)
T1	33.78±6.78	35.86±5.92	34.11±6.33	1.55	0.22
T2	24.44±5.22	26.13±4.91	28.11±5.39a	6.30	<0.001
t	7.72	8.95	5.10
P-value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
CD4+/CD8+
T1	0.72±0.16	0.75±0.31	0.69±0.11	1.09	0.37
T2	1.17±0.21	1.38±0.33a	1.43±0.28a	12.34	<0.001
t	12.05	9.84	17.39
P-value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

^aP<0.05 vs. group A

^bP<0.05 vs. group B.