Table 5.

Comparison of mean lymphocyte counts between exercise and control groups. Bold highlights significant values (p < 0.05).

Lymphocyte Subset	Control	Exercise	p =	Test
% CD3	67%	75.4%	0.0003	Unpaired t
% CD4	43.5%	47.1%	0.2747	Mann–Whitney
% CD8	22.9%	27.9%	0.1401	Unpaired t
% B-cell	11.9%	8%	0.0264	Mann–Whitney
% NK-cell	19.7%	15.5%	0.015	Unpaired t
Absolute 1 CD3	987.6	1599.7	0.0013	Mann–Whitney
Absolute CD4	680	986.4	0.0094	Mann–Whitney
Absolute CD8	293.7	606.7	0.002	Mann–Whitney
Absolute B-cell	182.4	167.3	0.6625	Mann–Whitney
Absolute NK-cell	280.7	318.5	0.0521	Mann–Whitney
Total lymphocytes	1468.1	2111.5	0.0027	Mann–Whitney
CD4:CD8 ratio	2.272	2.075	0.6467	Mann–Whitney

¹ Absolute lymphocyte counts per mL.