Table 3.

The effect of high-salt intake on the frequencies of cells expressing CD11b, CD11a, CD49d, and CD66b on peripheral blood leukocyte subpopulations of young healthy human subjects.

Peripheral blood leukocytes	LS diet	HS diet	p
Granulocytes % parent	59.9 ± 9.77	58.8 ± 7.89	0.347
CD11b+ granulocytes % parent	54.6 ± 25.2	63.0 ± 28.2	0.018 ∗
CD11a+ granulocytes % parent	100.0	100.0	1.000
CD49+ granulocytes % parent	2.85 ± 2.38	3.72 ± 3.35	0.456
CD66b+ granulocytes % parent	99.4 ± 1.01	99.9 ± 0.15	0.022 ∗
Monocytes % parent	5.49 ± 2.08	5.07 ± 1.88	0.287
CD11b+ monocytes % parent	19.0 ± 12.6	31.6 ± 24.5	0.008 ∗
CD11a+ monocytes % parent	100.0	100.0	1.000
CD49d+ monocytes % parent	98.3 ± 1.80	98.2 ± 1.88	0.689
Lymphocytes % parent	26.2 ± 7.51	26.3 ± 7.44	0.723
CD11b+ lymphocytes % parent	0.71 ± 0.52	1.43 ± 1.67	0.009 ∗
CD11a+ total lymphocytes % parent	100.0 ± 0.02	100.0 ± 0.03	0.563
CD11a very high lymphocytes % parent	59.2 ± 10.5	47.6 ± 12.5	0.002 ∗
CD11a high lymphocytes % parent	40.8 ± 10.5	52.4 ± 12.5	0.002 ∗
CD49d+ lymphocytes % parent	94.4 ± 13.1	93.8 ± 14.0	0.012 ∗

LS: low-salt diet; HS: high-salt diet; n = 24 per group; data was compared using a paired t-test, and p < 0.05 was considered significant.