Table 2 Lymphocyte subsets in health control and liver steatosis group.

From: Peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets of Chinese adults with liver steatosis

Lymphocyte subsets

Normal range

All patients (n = 5042)

Control group (n = 3601)

Liver steatosis group (n = 1441)

p value

Median difference

CD19+ percentage, %

8.5–14.5

11.0 (8.4–13.9)

10.9 (8.3–13.7)

11.3 (8.5–14.4)

0.016

− 3.0 (− 6.0 to − 1.0)

CD19+ count, /μL

180–324

190 (138–261)

183 (134–250)

209 (149–282)

< 0.001

− 23 (− 29 to − 17)

CD16+56+ percentage, %

9.5–23.5

13.9 (9.7–19.8)

13.9 (9.7–19.7)

13.9 (9.9–19.9)

0.296

− 0.2 (− 0.7 to 0.2)

CD16+56+ count, /μL

175–567

241 (161–359)

236 (155–350)

257 (176–381)

< 0.001

− 24 (− 32 to − 15)

CD3+ percentage, %

62.6–76.8

73.3 (67.3–78.3)

73.5 (67.4–78.4)

72.8 (67.2–77.9)

0.047

0.5 (0.0 to 1.0)

CD3+ count, /μL

1185–1901

1268 (1029–1551)

1239 (1007–1516)

1346 (1103–1632)

< 0.001

− 105 (− 129 to − 81)

CD4+ percentage, %

30.0–46.0

41.0 (35.5–46.5)

41.0 (35.4–46.4)

41.3 (35.9–46.6)

0.278

− 0.3 (− 0.8 to 0.2)

CD4+ count, /μL

561–1137

708 (563–890)

689 (547–861)

754 (605–956)

< 0.001

− 68 (− 83 to − 53)

CD4+CD28+/CD4+, %

85.0–100.0

96.6 (92.2–98.8)

96.6 (92.2–98.8)

96.6 (92.3–98.8)

0.745

0.0 (− 0.2 to 0.2)

CD4+CD28+ count, /μL

520–1050

664 (523–840)

647 (512–810)

710 (568–899)

< 0.001

− 64 (− 79 to − 50)

CD4+CD45RA−/CD4+, %

45.6–68.4

70.4 (60.9–79.5)

70.3 (60.7–79.3)

70.9 (61.5–80.1)

0.090

− 0.7 (− 1.6 to 0.1)

CD4+CD45RA− count, /μL

283–683

487 (379–615)

469 (368–594)

528 (409–666)

< 0.001

− 53 (− 63 to − 42)

CD4+CD45RA+/CD4+, %

31.6–54.4

29.6 (20.5–39.1)

29.7 (20.8–39.3)

29.1 (19.9–38.5)

0.086

0.7 (− 0.1 to 1.6)

CD4+CD45RA+ count, /μL

206–530

203 (126–303)

198 (125–294)

216.0 (131.0–320.5)

0.001

− 13 (− 20 to − 5)

CD4+CD45RA+62L+/CD4+, %

31.6–54.4

27.7 (18.8–37.3)

27.8 (18.8–37.5)

27.6 (18.5–36.8)

0.228

0.5 (− 0.3 to 1.3)

CD4+CD45RA+62L+ count, /μL

206–530

190 (116–287)

186 (115–280)

202 (120–306)

0.001

− 13 (− 20 to − 6)

CD8+ percentage, %

19.2–33.6

24.5 (19.9–29.9)

24.6 (19.9–30.0)

24.5 (19.9–29.7)

0.583

0.1 (− 0.3 to 0.6)

CD8+ count, /μL

404–754

432 (317–568)

420 (310–556)

453 (341–601)

< 0.001

− 34 (− 45 to − 23)

CD8+CD28+/CD8+, %

37.2–60.4

60.9 (48.7–72.8)

61.3 (48.7–73.0)

59.5 (48.7–71.9)

0.065

1.0 (− 0.1 to 2.1)

CD8+CD28+ count, /μL

190–392

250 (184–332)

244 (180–328)

263 (197–344)

< 0.001

− 18 (− 24 to − 11)

CD8+DR+/CD8+, %

6.3–23.8

34.3 (24.2–45.1)

33.5 (23.5–44.2)

35.9 (26.1–46.9)

< 0.001

− 2.3 (− 3.2 to − 1.4)

CD8+DR+ count, /μL

20–178

138 (88–211)

131 (82.8–202)

158 (101–236)

< 0.001

− 21 (− 27 to − 16)

CD8+CD38+/CD8+, %

32.4–57.4

30.8 (22.3–40.7)

31.3 (22.4–41.1)

29.8 (21.9–39.8)

0.005

1.1 (0.3 to 1.9)

CD8+CD38+ count, /μL

157–385

126 (84–189)

124 (83–189)

130 (87–191)

0.015

− 5.4 (− 9.8 to − 1.1)

CD4+/CD8+, %

0.95–2.13

1.66 (1.26–2.23)

1.66 (1.24–2.23)

1.67 (1.28–2.22)

0.446

− 0.02 (− 0.06 to 0.03)

  1. Data shown are median (interquartile range) or median difference (95% CI).