Clinical Study

Immune Dysregulation after Cardiothoracic Surgery and Incidental Thymectomy: Maintenance of Regulatory T Cells despite Impaired Thymopoiesis

Table 2

Symptoms reported by subjects with CHD.

Positive responsesOR (95% Cl)Age adjusted OR (95% Cl)

No Surgery2/10 (20%)11
Any surgery ( )30/48 (63%)6.67 (1.27–34.9) 4.88 (.877–27.1)
  High TREC ( )18/31 (58%)5.54 (1.01–30.5) 4.09 (.069–24.5)
  Low TREC ( )12/17 (71%)9.60 (1.48–62.1) 8.47 (1.12–64.3)