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Table 4 CD4+ T cells and subsets in the 4 BMI categories of elderly subjects

From: Nutritional status influences peripheral immune cell phenotypes in healthy men in rural Pakistan

 

BMI Category

p-value

 

NW

OB

OW

UW

OB-NW

OW-NW

UW-NW

CD4+

26.9 (12.21)

23.8 (9.67)

26.2 (9.91)

22.5 (7.35)

0.7925

0.5421

0.6352

CD28+CD27+

17.9 (10.04)

13.0 (9.87)

16.6 (10.03)

48.1 (14.3)

0.4205

0.9944

0.4745

CD28-CD27-

43.2 (12.73)

45.3 (16.01)

47.4 (9.37)

39.3 (12.45)

0.9611

0.7724

0.6809

CD45RO+CD27-

39.3 (10.46)

31.6 (12.75)

31.0 (17.88)

22.5 (14.21)

0.5734

0.2912

0.5154

CD45RO-CD27+

13.3 (9.36)

22.1 (13.02)

20.5 (15.92)

30.3 (15.19)

0.1882

0.3334

0.9878

CD45RA+CD27+

14.0 (10.41)

26.3 (14.89)

19.9 (10.98)

15.7 (12.71)

0.0303

0.4581

0.988

CD45RA-CD27-

56.2 (19.32)

33.6 (21.56)

45.6 (17.47)

49.5 (26.31)

0.0269

0.4559

0.7671

CD45RO+CD28-

29.7 (12.89)

20.5 (9.97)

21.3 (14.16)

27.4 (17.8)

0.2348

0.3035

0.7543

CD45RO-CD28+

16.6 (13.32)

33.3 (13.28)

21.0 (13.58)

21.4 (14-8)

0.0093

0.7072

0.7521

CD45RA+CD28+

16.0 (12.23)

19.2 (10.49)

13.3 (11.20)

14.8 (12.8)

0.8368

0.8951

0.3426

CD45RA-CD28-

47.2 (16.28)

36.8 (16.17)

40.9 (13.92)

48.6 (14.31)

0.2274

0.6194

0.5461

Tregs

9.4 (4.81)

7.9 (4.24)

9.0 (4.66)

14.0 (7.67)

0.8512

0.4776

0.0918

CD28+CD27+KLRG1-CD57-

8.5 (8.60)

8.3 (6.73)

7.9 (5.71)

13.2 (10.36)

0.5123

0.4521

0.3249

CD28-CD27-KLRG1+CD57+

10.7 (4.60)

10.4 (4.67)

9.8 (3.57)

13.0 (7-08)

0.5412

0.3421

0.4512

  1. Significant Dunnett’s test (p < 0.05) comparing CD4+ and subsets with the reference group. The reference group defined as having BMI, 18.5–24.9. OB, Obese; OW, Overweight; NW, Normal Weight; UW, Underweight. The values are means (SD).