Kidney transplanted patients: time after renal transplantation (Days)

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15

30

45

60

90

120

180

360

 

αβ T cells (cells/µL) a

CMV act

619±249^

1238±812

1131±628

1309±740

1285±601

1363±677

1332±724

1425±565

1509±712

CMV neg

693±561^

1390±613

1445±580

1219±597

1246±530

1184±487

1263±568

1389±481

1290±504

 

αβ T cells (%) b

 

CMV act

94.4±2.4

93.8±2.8

95.8±3.0

94.4±3.0

94.0±3.0

92.7±3.8

92.5±5.1

92.6±4.6

92.0±8.4

CMV neg

92.2±6.4

90.8±6.2

93.2±5.1

91.5±6.1

93.4±6.1

91.9±7.6

90.8±8.1

91.2±8.0

92.8±5.4

Means± SD. a absolute cell count/μL of blood; b results are expressed as % of CD3+ T cells;
^ = p<0.05 versus all the other observation times
Table 3: Total numbers and percentages of peripheral αβ T cells in kidney transplanted patients who experienced CMV activation (CMV-act) and patients who did not (CMV-neg) in the first year after renal transplantation.