Enhanced Blood Lymphocytes Apoptosis in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Table 3

Comparison of apoptotic indices in patients in flare compared to remission.

	Flare mean (±SD)	Remission mean (±SD)	t-test	P
UC
EAC%	33.89±8.49	20.83±11.88	5.3779	<0.0001
LAC and/or NC%	3.29±2.82	2.07±2.90	1.043	0.317
CD
EAC%	27.71±14.75	17.41±13.59	2.393	0.04
LAC and/or NC%	4.09±2.76	1.09±0.95	3.246	0.01

EAC: early apoptotic cells; LAC/NC: late apoptotic/necrotic cells.