Table 5 Associations between lymphocyte subsets and cough duration in PBB patients.

From: Clinical characteristics of protracted bacterial bronchitis in Chinese infants

Characteristic

4-8 weeks (n = 33)

8-12 weeks (n = 8)

≥12 weeks (n = 9)

p

lymphocyte subsets (%)

 CD3+

60.15 ± 11.82

57.20 ± 3.25

60.83 ± 6.99

>0.05

 CD3+CD4+

35.26 ± 10.14

33.30 ± 4.24

35.03 ± 5.65

>0.05

 CD4+CD8+

21.73 ± 8.38

21.80 ± 0.28

23.45 ± 4.99

>0.05

 CD3CD19+

29.44 ± 11.43

21.60 ± 10.47

31.35 ± 9.34

>0.05

 CD3CD16+CD56+

8.69 ± 5.73

19.50 ± 7.07

5.65 ± 3.82

>0.05

 CD19+CD23+

13.71 ± 6.56

11.45 ± 0.50

17.10 ± 6.30

>0.05