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Percentages of leukocytes and lymphocytes’ subsets expressing β7 integrin.


%	High T0	High T4	Low T0	Low T4

Granulocytes β7+	0.8 (0.4–1.1)	0.7 (0.5–1.0)	0.6 (0.5–0.8)	0.7 (0.4–0.9)
Monocytes β7+	6.1 ± 2.1	5.9 ± 2.1	6.8 ± 1.9	6.5 ± 2.7
NK	7.8 (5.9–14.2)	10.2 (9.0–15.4)	8.2 (5.0–13.3)	10.9 (6.1–12.2)
NK β7+	18.3 ± 7.2	22.2 ± 5.6	19.4 ± 6.7	22.2 ± 6.9
B	6.8 (5.9–9.4)	8.8 (3.7–10.9)	9.8 (6.8–14.7)	8.3 (5.9–11.5)
B β7+	47.7 ± 11.5	48.9 ± 11.4	44.6 ± 17.9	47.6 ± 13.7
T	83.0 ± 5.3	79.4 ± 5.4	80.1 ± 5.3	80.8 ± 5.2
T β7+	30.4 ± 4.6	30.3 ± 6.7	31.1 ± 5.4	32.2 ± 7.0
CD8	26.7 (24.3–29.1)	27.0 (24.4–29.0	28.3 (24.4–33.3)	27.8 (22.5–34.5)
CD8 β7+	45.5 ± 9.0	45.5 ± 11.5	44.7 ± 10.2	45.5 ± 11.3
CD8 naïve	36.1 ± 12.0	35.7 ± 10.1	40.4 ± 15.9	39.6 ± 13.8
CD8 naïve β7+	46.4 ± 8.7	45.4 ± 10.3	45.0 ± 8.6	45.7 ± 8.5
CD8 memory	63.9 ± 12.0	64.3 ± 10.1	59.6 ± 15.9	60.3 ± 13.8
CD8 memory β7+	44.6 ± 9.9	45.4 ± 12.8	43.9 ± 11.4	45.5 ± 12.9
CD4	73.3 (70.9–75.7)	73.0 (71.0–75.6)	71.7 (66.6–75.6)	72.2 (65.5–77.5)
CD4 β7+	22.0 ± 3.7	21.7 ± 4.7	22.6 ± 4.8	23.3 ± 5.2
CD4 naïve	58.4 ± 12.4	55.4 ± 13.6	55.2 ± 10.0	52.7 ± 9.5
CD4 naïve β7+	28.4 ± 3.5	28.3 ± 5.7	28.7 ± 4.7	29.7 ± 6.7
CD4 memory	41.6 ± 12.4	44.6 ± 13.6	44.8 ± 10.0	47.3 ± 9.4
CD4 memory β7+	21.3 ± 5.5	21.7 ± 6.0	21.0 ± 6.6	23.0 ± 5.9
CD4CD25−	49.6 ± 7.3	49.2 ± 9.0	53.9 ± 8.6	52.0 ± 6.6
CD4CD25− β7+	21.6 ± 4.7	20.5 ± 5.1	21.2 ± 5.7	21.8 ± 5.7
CD4CD25dim	44.4 ± 6.3	45.3 ± 7.9	40.9 ± 7.8	43.0 ± 6.3
CD4CD25dim β7+	19.8 ± 4.0	19.8 ± 4.9	21.6 ± 5.2	22.6 ± 5.3
Treg	5.9 ± 1.3	5.5 ± 1.6	5.5 ± 0.7	5.1 ± 1.3
Tregβ7+	10.9 ± 2.3	9.2 ± 3.4	10.5 ± 3.1	9.2 ± 2.8

Values at baseline (low T0 and high T0) and 4 weeks after low (800 g/week) or high (4200 g/week) vegetable consumption. Data are expressed as mean ± SD (normality test passed; ANOVA applied) or median (25%, 75%) (normality test failed; Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA on ranks applied).

Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Effects of High Consumption of Vegetables on Clinical, Immunological, and Antioxidant Markers in Subjects at Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases

Table 4