Lifestyle exercise attenuates immunosenescence; flow cytometry analysis

BMC Geriatrics

Table 2 Changes in T lymphocytes absolute count (mean ± SD)

T lymphocytes absolute count [μL]	Active n = 34	Inactive n = 20	Active vs. Inactive p level	η²
CD4⁺	880.8 ± 363.7	846.3 ± 506.4	0.210	0.031
CD8⁺	414.6 ± 225.3	446.7 ± 262.7	0.560	0.007
CD4⁺CD45RA⁺	181.9 ± 113.5	108.0 ± 88.3	< 0.01	0.192
CD4⁺CD45RO⁺	494.8 ± 225.8	579.8 ± 568.8	0.784	0.002
CD8⁺CD45RA⁺	233.1 ± 149.4	230.1 ± 164.5	0.920	0.001
CD8⁺CD45RO⁺	187.2 ± 115.9	252.7 ± 299.5	0.649	0.004
CD4/CD8	2.5 ± 1.1	2.1 ± 1.0	0.345	0.018
CD4⁺CD45RA⁺/CD4⁺CD45RO⁺	0.4 ± 0.3	0.3 ± 0.3	< 0.001	0.179
CD8⁺CD45RA⁺/CD8⁺CD45RO⁺	1.6 ± 1.1	1.6 ± 1.7	0.132	0.040

The measurements in groups are compared by the one-way ANOVA or the Mann-Whitney non-parametric test (if the normality assumption is violated)

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