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.

DHA-supplemented groupControl group

CD4+ cells46.93 ± 1.6141.02 ± 2.75
CD8+ cells17.67 ± 0.9821.25 ± 0.99
CD45RA+ CD4+
CD4+
87.23 ± 0.8979.86 ± 2.95
CD45RO+ CD4+
CD4+
15.79 ± 1.7712.80 ± 2.01
CD45RA+ CD8+
CD8+
94.02 ± 0.8590.08 ± 1.45
CD45RO+ CD8+
CD8+
35.51 ± 6.2016.80 ± 5.42

Data are mean ± SEM, expressed as % of peripheral blood lymphocytes.