Table 4 Associations between lymphocyte subsets and cough severity in PBB patients.

From: Clinical characteristics of protracted bacterial bronchitis in Chinese infants

Characteristic

VCD scores ≥3 (n = 25)

VCD scores 1~2 (n = 21)

VCD scores 0 ~1 (n = 4)

p

lymphocyte subsets (%)

 CD3+

58.55 ± 12.95

62.37 ± 12.69

65.10 ± 12.30

>0.05

 CD3+CD4+

35.28 ± 11.18

38.98 ± 12.87

31.80 ± 2.54

>0.05

 CD4+CD8+

20.63 ± 5.44

20.70 ± 9.57

31.60 ± 13.15

>0.05

 CD3CD19+

28.71 ± 12.22

26.89 ± 13.63

19.40 ± 20.51

>0.05

 CD3CD16+CD56+

11.01 ± 6.24

8.74 ± 8.47

14.10 ± 8.49

>0.05

 CD19+CD23+

13.41 ± 5.57

12.51 ± 7.76

14.00 ± 16.97

>0.05

  1. VCD, verbal category descriptive.