Clinical Study

DHA Supplementation during Pregnancy and Lactation Affects Infants' Cellular but Not Humoral Immune Response

Table 3

The effect of maternal DHA supplementation on cytokine production by infants’ peripheral blood lymphocytes.

DHA-supplemented groupControl group

CD4+ IL4+0.69 ± 0.121.24 ± 0.56
CD8+ IL4+0.26 ± 0.070.68 ± 0.31
CD4+ IFNγ+0.99 ± 0.182.68 ± 0.61
CD8+ IFNγ+0.62 ± 0.131.84 ± 0.43

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