TABLE 3.

Immune status by sex.

Marker	Men	Women	p
NCI	468 ± 29.27	350 ± 21.15	0.032
PAN (a.u.)	237 (144–329)	184 (147–393)	0.965
LCI	291 ± 22.46	185 ± 10.14	0.002
LP (cpm)	18,493 ± 1,481	15,202 ± 1,440	0.279
NK (lysis %)	42 ± 2.75	42 ± 7.24	0.955

NCI, Neutrophil Chemotaxis Index (number of cells); PAN, phagocytic activity of neutrophils (a.u., arbitrary units; range in brackets minimum and maximum); LCI, Lymphocyte Chemotaxis Index (number of cells); LP, lymphocyte proliferation (cpm); NK, natural killer. Data are mean ± SEM. p is the associated value to the corresponding statistical test.