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Table 5 CD8+ 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

CD8+

28.5 (4.8)

26.9 (5.8)

25.0 (7.31)

22.5 (6.31)

0.8523

0.3514

0.0443

CD28+CD27+

31.4 (7.32)

27.9 (11.42)

34.6 (6.42)

32.7 (6.68)

0.6545

0.5134

0.4219

CD28-CD27-

12.1 (6.52)

14.4 (6.63)

11.9 (6.01)

8.4 (4.42)

0.5696

0.648

0.9613

CD45RO+CD27-

15.1 (11.21)

9.7 (5.86)

9.2 (5.21)

12.1 (10.01)

0.1541

0.7298

0.5421

CD45RO-CD27+

36.9 (7.21)

34.2 (8.31)

38.9 (9.61)

35.2 (13.61)

0.3854

0.5975

0.8712

CD45RA+CD27+

18.3 (7.31)

16.0 (9.02)

17.8 (11.31)

14.7 (7.91)

0.3043

0.4237

0.6577

CD45RA-CD27-

44.9 (9.31)

46.8 (13.01)

40.9 (12.61)

48.9 (14.23)

0.3175

0.8401

0.2411

CD45RO+CD28-

28.8 (10.01)

35.2 (6.71)

34.3 (14.91)

30.3 (9.01)

0.8421

0.5411

0.6240

CD45RO-CD28+

22.1 (8.0)

17.2 (7.71)

19.9 (9.21)

19.9 (8.31)

0.4954

0.1544

0.7662

CD45RA+CD28+

11.2 (8.61)

12.5 (7.21)

13.9 (9.91)

10.9 (5.81)

0.4954

0.1544

0.7662

CD45RA-CD28-

51.0 (13.91)

59.5 (12.71)

57.4 (19.21)

54.8 (15.61)

0.2732

0.2153

0.7001

CD28+CD27+KLRG1-CD57-

10.5 (9.51)

9.4 (4.31)

8.3 (5.21)

7.9 (7.01)

0.8250

0.1931

0.5442

CD28-CD27-KLRG1+CD57+

9.0 (6.11)

6.5 (2.11)

5.3 (2.21)

9.6 (8.31)

0.6545

0.5134

0.2775

  1. Significant Dunnett’s test (p < 0.05) comparing CD8+ 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).