Clinical Study
DHA Supplementation during Pregnancy and Lactation Affects Infants' Cellular but Not Humoral Immune Response
Table 2
The effect of maternal DHA supplementation on phenotype of infants’ peripheral blood lymphocytes.
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| CD4+ cells | 46.93 ± 1.61 | 41.02 ± 2.75 | | CD8+ cells | 17.67 ± 0.98 | 21.25 ± 0.99 | | CD45RA+ CD4+ CD4+ | 87.23 ± 0.89 | 79.86 ± 2.95 | | CD45RO+ CD4+ CD4+ | 15.79 ± 1.77 | 12.80 ± 2.01 | | CD45RA+ CD8+ CD8+ | 94.02 ± 0.85 | 90.08 ± 1.45 | | CD45RO+ CD8+ CD8+ | 35.51 ± 6.20 | 16.80 ± 5.42 | |
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Data are mean ± SEM, expressed as % of peripheral blood lymphocytes.
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