[Retracted] Electroacupuncture at Zusanli (ST36), Guanyuan (CV4), and Qihai (CV6) Acupoints Regulates Immune Function in Patients with Sepsis via the PD-1 Pathway

Table 3

Whole blood analysis.

			WM group	EA group
WBC (10^9/L)	30	T0	10.26 (7.50, 15.30)	11.06 (6.53, 14.73)	-0.030	0.976
		T1	11.54 (8.77, 14.14)	9.37 (6.04, 16.26)	-0.724	0.469
		T2	11.74 (9.22, 15.37)	8.67 (6.59, 11.76)	-1.980	0.048
NE%	30	T0	85.80 (74.45, 90.30)	85.25 (83.28, 89.48)	-0.133	0.894
		T1	82.80 (75.28, 86.05)	81.10 (69.30, 86.05)	-0.806	0.420
		T2	81.85 (73.85, 85.85)	73.15 (62.88, 80.30)	-2.366	0.018
NE (10^9/L)	30	T0	8.25 (6.52, 13.91)	9.70 (5.59, 12.59)	-0.370	0.712
		T1	8.91 (6.84,11.48)	7.70 (4.11, 13.78)	-0.562	0.574
		T2	9.29 (6.88, 12.61)	5.64 (4.50, 8.86)	-1.996	0.046
LY%	30	T0	7.90 (4.60, 15.28)	6.45 (3.77, 9.93)	-0.939	0.348
		T1	8.80 (6.35, 13.60)	8.90 (5.43, 16.23)	-0.096	0.923
		T2	9.95 (6.10, 13.15)	12.80 (9.15, 19.10)	-2.166	0.030
LY (10^9/L)	30	T0	0.79 (0.37, 1.16)	0.74 (0.45, 0.92)	-0.821	0.412
		T1	0.93 (0.68, 1.69)	0.92 (0.57, 1.30)	-0.680	0.496
		T2	1.09 (0.72, 1.49)	1.01 (0.89, 1.72)	-1.013	0.311
N/L ratio	30	T0	11.09 (5.03, 19.55)	13.34 (8.55, 21.78)	-0.917	0.359
		T1	9.10 (5.41, 14.05)	9.10 (4.48, 15.09)	-0.222	0.824
		T2	7.94 (5.51, 13.64)	5.67 (3.19, 8.61)	-2.380	0.017

WBC: number of white blood cells; NE%: percentage of neutrophils; NE: number of neutrophils; LY%: percentage of lymphocytes; LY: number of lymphocytes; N/L ratio: ratio of neutrophils to lymphocytes; T0: before treatment; T1 and T2: three and five days after treatment, respectively. Data are presented as or median (IQR). Compared with the WM group, .