Fig. 4From: Complete fatty degeneration of thymus associates with male sex, obesity and loss of circulating naïve CD8+ T cells in a Swedish middle-aged populationTRECs in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. T cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) were measured by droplet digital PCR in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 55 individuals grouped by thymic score 0 (n = 45) and thymic score 1–3 (n = 10). The Mann–Whitney test was used for the analysisBack to article page