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Table 2 Effect of 6 months of supplementation with n-3 enriched foods on absolute numbers of other leukocyte subpopulations

From: Leukocyte numbers and function in subjects eating n-3 enriched foods: selective depression of natural killer cell levels

Groupa

CD3

CD4

CD8

CD19

Neutrophils

Monocytes

Placebo

1.64 ± 0.12b

1.05 ± 0.09

0.59 ± 0.07

0.21 ± 0.02

3.51 ± 0.19

0.25 ± 0.03

n-3 supplemented

1.47 ± 0.09

0.95 ± 0.07

0.53 ± 0.04

0.18 ± 0.02

3.04 ± 0.13

0.22 ± 0.02

  1. aCD3, all circulating T-cells; CD4, all T helper cells; CD8, all cytotoxic T cells; CD19, all B lymphocytes. bData are presented as cells/l (× 109) mean ± SEM (n = 16 to 17).