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Table 4 Proportion of lymphocyte subset before and after fecal microbiota transplantation

From: Gastrointestinal disturbance and effect of fecal microbiota transplantation in discharged COVID-19 patients

 

Pre-FMT

Post-FMT

 

P value

T cells

64.0 (56.2, 70.9)

62.2 (54.5, 71.6)

% of lymphocyte

0.663

 Helper T cells

56.4 (53.8, 66.2)

55.0 (52.0, 62.9)

% of T cells

0.333

 Killer T cells

27.1 (22.7, 33.8)

28.2 (24.1, 33.4)

% of T cells

0.062

 Double positive T cells

0.8 (0.5, 3.5)

1.1 (0.7, 2.9)

% of T cells

0.012

 Th to Tc ratio

2.1 (1.6, 2.5)

2.0 (1.7, 2.5)

0.673

 γδT cells

1.4 (1.0, 5.3)

4.4 (2.0, 7.6)

% of T cells

0.149

NK cells

13.2 (9.5, 18.7)

13.3 (8.9, 18.6)

% of lymphocyte

0.938

 Immature NK cells

5.1 (3.8, 8.4)

7.4 (4.8, 8.3)

% of NK cells

0.936

 Mature NK cells

93.3 (91.6, 96.2)

91.9 (91.5, 95.3)

% of NK cell

0.966

 Immature/mature NK cells

0.05 (0.04, 0.09)

0.08 (0.05, 0.09)

0.905

B cells

10.9 (7.6, 14.0)

8.3 (3.7, 11.5)

% of lymphocyte

0.012

 Naïve B cells

62.2 (54.3, 69.1)

40.8 (32.8, 65.2)

% of B cells

0.012

 Memory B cells

25.3 (20.2, 30.8)

37.4 (26.3, 48.2)

% of B cells

0.001

 Non-switched B cells

10.2 (7.8, 15.2)

21.9 (13.7, 26.0)

% of B cells

0.012

 Immature regulatory B cells

0.5 (0.3, 0.8)

1.0 (0.2, 3.0)

% of B cells

0.054

  1. Values are expressed in number (percentage) and median (interquartile range)
  2. FMT fecal microbiota transplantation, T cells T lymphocyte, NK cells natural killer cell, B cells B lymphocytes