TABLE 2.
Comparisons of cases (%) below the standard range of lymphocyte subset absolute counts 14 among the different groups divided by clinical parameters in 217 cases simple PTB patients
| Groups | Total cases | Cases (%) below the standard range | P‐value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T subset (<955 cells/μl) (<50%) | CD4+ subset (<550 cells/μl) (<27%) | CD8+ subset (<320 cells/μl) (<15%) | NK subset (<150 cells/μl) (<7%) | NKT subset (<40 cells/μl) (<2%) | B subset (<90 cells/μl) (<5%) | |||
| Aetiological examination | ||||||||
| Negative | 71 | 28(39.4%) | 31(43.7%) | 18(25.4%) a | 26(36.6%) | 23(32.4%) | 15(21.1%) | a, 0.0295 |
| Positive | 125 | 54(43.2%) | 58(46.4%) | 51(40.8%) a | 49(39.2%) | 42(33.6%) | 26(20.8%) | |
Notes: In the chest pathogenic examination group, a represents the difference of the counts of CD8 subset between the patients (negative) and the patients (positive). The percentage of patients with lower‐than‐normal absolute counts of T, CD4+, CD8+, NK and NKT lymphocytes was higher in the positive group than in the negative group. This difference was significant in the case of CD8 + T lymphocytes (P = 0.0295).