An Alteration of Lymphocytes Subpopulations and Immunoglobulins Levels in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers Infected Particularly by Resistant Pathogens

Table 2

The differences in selected parameters of innate immunity between the study groups.

Evaluated parameters	Patients with DFUs ()	Diabetic controls ()	value
C3 (g/L)	1.32 ± 0.27	1.35 ± 0.19	NS
C4 (g/L)	0.3 ± 0.08	0.28 ± 0.07	NS
Percentage of phagocyting PMN cells (%)	98.2 ± 1.7	97.9 ± 1.4	NS
FAGSI	67.6 ± 27.7	65.8 ± 30.1	NS
Percentage of NK cells (%)	13.45 ± 6.46	13.15 ± 5.83	NS
Absolute numbers of NK cells (cells/L)	226 ± 113	327 ± 190
CD14+HLA-DR (%)	80.9 ± 16.5	86.2 ± 14.7	NS

Data are presented as means ± SD; patients with DFUs (diabetic foot ulcers; ); age, sex, and type of diabetes matched diabetic controls (); C: complement; PMN: polymorphonuclear; FAGSI: phagocyte stimulation index; NK: natural killers; CD: cluster of differentiation; NS: nonsignificant; value of significance between patients with DFUs and diabetic controls determined using -test or Mann–Whitney test.