22 March 2022 : Original article
Pre-Transplant Peripheral Lymphocyte Subsets Predict Pneumonia After Renal Transplantation
Quan Zhuang12ADEG*, Min Yang1BCE, Shu Liu12BCF, Meng Yu1BC, Jie Jiang1BF, Bo Peng
12DF, Yingzi Ming12AEF
DOI: 10.12659/AOT.934773
Ann Transplant 2022; 27:e934773
Table 3 Pre-transplant PLS analysis between pneumonia and stable allograft recipients.
| All (n=114) | Stable (n=82) | Pneumonia (n=32) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD3+ T cells/TBNK, mean±SD (%) | 74.26±9.95 | 74.17±9.59 | 74.49±10.97 | 0.7089 |
| CD8+ T cells/TBNK, mean±SD (%) | 31.30±9.12 | 31.49±9.23 | 30.84±8.97 | 0.8140 |
| CD4+ T cells/TBNK, mean±SD (%) | 41.89±8.77 | 41.39±9.03 | 43.23±8.07 | 0.1156 |
| B cells/TBNK, mean±SD (%) | 10.20±5.11 | 10.30±4.90 | 9.92±5.70 | 0.4927 |
| NK cells/TBNK, mean±SD (%) | 14.85±8.84 | 14.77±8.65 | 15.07±9.44 | 0.8865 |
| CD3+ T cells, mean±SD (/μl) | 905.66±346.99 | 976.10±347.70 | 725.10±276.00 | 0.0007 |
| CD8+ T cells, mean±SD (/μl) | 382.03±189.97 | 411.50±194.30 | 306.60±157.30 | 0.0051 |
| CD4+ T cells, mean±SD (/μl) | 503.50±197.88 | 539.40±204.60 | 411.60±145.70 | 0.0037 |
| B cells, mean±SD (/μl) | 127.28±80.03 | 139.60±83.39 | 95.81±61.27 | 0.0056 |
| NK cells, mean±SD (/μl) | 193.44±171.32 | 210.60±186.70 | 149.50±114.80 | 0.0468 |
| CD4/CD8 ratio, mean±SD | 1.54±0.81 | 1.53±0.85 | 1.56±0.70 | 0.4770 |
| Cells/TBNK (%) – percentage of relevant cells in total T, B, and NK cells. /μl – absolute number of cells. | ||||