Effect of Diet and Exercise on the Peripheral Immune System in Young Balb/c Mice

Figure 10

CD8+ lymphocytes in peripheral blood. Cells were quantified by flow cytometry. For the sedentary mice, animals with the fat-rich diet showed a higher percentage of cells than those with the standard or carbohydrate-rich diet. For the exercised groups, animals with the carbohydrate-rich and fat-rich diet showed a higher percentage of cells than those with the standard diet. This increase was greater in the exercised animals with a carbohydrate-rich versus fat-rich diet (Bonferroni test , , and ). Data are expressed as the mean ± SD ( per treatment group).