Research Article

Associations between Hypertriglyceridemia and Circulating Neutrophil Subpopulation in Patients with Dyslipidemia

Table 2

Subpopulations of circulating neutrophils.

Neutrophil phenotypeNormoTG (n = 69)HyperTG (n = 22)Overall (n = 91)

CD16hiCD11bhiCD62Lhi (mature neutrophils), cells/μl, Ме (LQ; UQ)2629 (2119; 3225)3172 (2606; 3580)2674 (2155; 3373)0.029
CD16hiCD11bhiCD62Llo (activated neutrophils), cells/μl, Ме (LQ; UQ)28.5 (13.0; 48.5)24.0 (19.7; 45.2)28.0 (15.3; 46.0)0.670
CD16hiCD11bbrCD62LloCXCR4hi (ageing neutrophils), cells/μl, Ме (LQ; UQ)199 (88.0; 289)230 (132; 340)200 (102; 309)0.245
CD16hiCD11bloCD62Lbr (immunosuppressive neutrophils), cells/μl, Ме (LQ; UQ)220 (149; 373)327 (230; 623)258 (162; 399)0.039

NormoTG = normotriglyceridemia; hyperTG = hypertriglyceridemia; Me = median; LQ = lower quartile; UQ = upper quartile.