Table 3.

Comparative results of immunocytes in all groups

Items	Time	Group				P-value	η²
		CON	SWG	MWG	FWG
Leucocyte (×103 cells/μL)	Pre	5.88±1.06	5.38±1.03	5.68±0.82	5.25±0.56	0.481	0.081
	Post	4.84±0.89	5.07±0.76	6.21±1.08	5.91±0.66	0.012	0.335
	Δ%	−14.52±24.71†	−3.56±19.13†	9.65±13.01†	13.52±13.58†	0.039	0.297
	P-value	0.093	0.441	0.035	0.068
Neutrophil (%)	Pre	45.28±3.22	49.08±4.93	46.80±4.67	49.05±4.92	0.100	0.127
	Post	42.01±3.80	49.04±4.23	51.33±7.92	56.83±10.15	0.009	0.395
	Δ%	−6.48±13.10†	0.77±13.02†	9.40±9.39†	16.44±22.29†	0.041	0.270
	P-value	0.528	0.833	0.025	0.050
Lymphocyte (%)	Pre	38.55±4.76	40.43±3.54	38.33±4.92	39.56±7.40	0.624	0.027
	Post	32.54±3.38	40.36±7.51	39.83±5.05	42.21±5.90	0.010	0.327
	Δ%	−15.11±7.73†	−0.21±16.55†	4.98±16.49†	9.58±22.73†	0.031	0.260
	P-value	0.012	0.889	0.575	0.326
Helper T cell (%)	Pre	35.01±5.34	33.95±7.36	36.46±5.48	35.53±5.80	0.862	0.025
	Post	28.49±4.40	31.56±6.66	36.74±5.55	41.50±2.03	0.001	0.533
	Δ%	−17.84±12.53†	−4.24±23.38†	1.93±16.10†	19.61±19.94†	0.009	0.378
	P-value	0.017	0.575	1.000	0.050
Cytotoxic T cell (%)	Pre	22.01±5.69	21.45±7.44	22.21±4.91	21.78±8.24	0.904	0.002
	Post	17.24±5.82	20.31±3.65	24.24±6.38	25.25±5.35	0.024	0.286
	Δ%	−20.63±20.47	−1.13 ± 25.96	12.25±33.90	27.59±44.79	0.047	0.249
	P-value	0.036	0.575	0.484	0.161
NK cell (%)	Pre	8.76±6.87	8.95±6.36	8.46±3.92	8.40±4.64	0.984	0.002
	Post	5.99±3.19	9.06±3.65	10.49±3.40	12.75±4.41	0.008	0.335
	Δ%	−15.13±29.34†	40.80±98.21†	73.46±145.05†	75.76±63.57†	0.069	0.147
	P-value	0.183	0.944	0.401	0.035

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation.

CON, control group; SWG, slow walking group; MWG, moderate walking group; FWG, fast walking group.

^†Post hoc results.