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

Immunity & Ageing

Table 8 Multiple comparisons between the low risk group and other groups for percent CD4+, CD8+ and B cells

	Cell type	WC (Cat)	Mean Diff. (LR-cat)	p value¹	WHR (Cat)	Mean Diff. (LR-cat)	p value¹	BF (cat)	Mean Diff. (NF-cat)	p value¹
Young	CD4+	MR	−15.1	0.070	MR	−7.84	0.172	HF	−1.47	0.113
		HR	−0.93	0.738	HR	−0.64	0.078	LF	1.24	0.020
	CD8+	MR	−4.11	0.346	MR	−3.04	0.990	HF	−1.11	0.195
		HR	0.35	0.014	HR	−4.57	0.632	LF	−1.92	0.343
	B cells	MR	−1.0	0.944	MR	−0.92	0.434	HF	−1.45	0.943
		HR	0.41	0.006	HR	−1.04	0.969	LF	−0.72	0.281
Elderly	CD4+	MR	−9.75	0.983	MR	−5.78	0.912	HF	−6.80	0.489
		HR	−7.67	0.727	HR	−6.46	0.844	LF	−7.16	0.550
	CD8+	MR	−3.62	0.822	MR	−6.41	0.125	HF	−4.03	0.932
		HR	−6.39	0.919	HR	−2.41	0.484	LF	−2.56	0.242
	B cells	MR	−2.18	0.793	MR	−1.46	0.921	HF	−1.02	0.707
		HR	−2.07	0.873	HR	−2.23	0.421	LF	−0.77	0.226

¹The mean difference is significant against low risk (LR) subjects at á = 0.05 level; MR, moderate risk; HR, high risk. For % BF, the mean difference is significant against normal fat subjects at the 0.05 level; LF, low; HF, high fat; Cat, category; ¹p-values were calculated using Dunnett’s test. Positive values of the mean difference show pairs of means that are significantly different.

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