Table 2 Immune indices and lymphocyte subsets of the study population

White blood cell count (×10⁹/L)

7.0 ± 1.6

1.6

7.7 ± 2.3

8.3

4–11

Total lymphocytes (×10⁹/L)

1.6 ± 0.4

4.7

1.5 ± 0.5

12.5

1.0–4.0

Neutrophils (×10⁹/L)

4.5 ± 1.3

5.1 ± 1.9

8.3^*

2.0–8.0

Monocytes (×10⁹/L)

0.6 ± 0.2

6.2

0.7 ± 0.2

12.5

0.0–1.0

CD3 ⁺ (total T cells)

1174 ± 338

6.2

1021 ± 355

16.7

688–2445

73.5 ± 8.5

4.7

9.4

70.8 ± 7.8

8.3

8.3

59–84

CD3 ⁺ CD4 ⁺ (CD4 ⁺ T cells)

824 ± 279

697 ± 239*

8.3^*

389–1569

51.5 ± 10.5

18.8

47.1 ± 7.3

4.2

31–59

CD3 ⁺ CD8 ⁺ (CD8 ⁺ T cells)

329 ± 160

8

292 ± 151

21

168–894

20.2 ± 7.9

12.5

20.1 ± 8.1

12.5

12–42

CD4 ⁺ :CD8 ⁺ ratio

2.8 ± 1.4

2.8 ± 1.4

CD19 (B-cells)

145 ± 85

35.9

109 ± 73

45.8

98–597

8.9 ± 4.6

29.7

7.3 ± 3.9

41.7

6–26

CD3 ⁻ CD16 ⁺ CD56 ⁺ (NK cells)

266 ± 122

1.6

291 ± 129

61–776

16.7 ± 6.5

4.7

6.3

20.2 ± 7.9*

4.2

12.5

7–28

NK: CD4 ⁺ T ratio

0.35 ± 0.20

0.45 ± 0.22 *