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Table 6 Monocyte and flow cytometry parameters

From: Association between autonomic nervous dysfunction and cellular inflammation in end-stage renal disease

 

Controls

Diabetic HD

Nondiabetic HD

All HD

Monocytes (/μl)

480 [210]

600 [430]

535 [350]

565 [370]

Mo1 (/μl)

374 [187]

441 [249]

354 [290]

428 [260]

Mo2 (/μl)

24 [18]

40 [59]

41 [21]*

41 [27]

Mo3 (/μl)

76 [43]

121 [104]

126 [69]*

126 [90]

CD143+/Mo1 (MFI)

1.1 [1.8]

1.5 [6.0]

2.1 [8.6]

1.8 [7.5]

CD143+/Mo2 (MFI)

2.2 [1.8]

2.9 [7.1]

4.3 [10.4]

3.7 [8.0]

CD143+/Mo3 (MFI)

2.7 [1.4]

4.2 [5.0]

5.0 [5.6]**

4.3 [5.0]

  1. * = p < 0.05 vs. controls; ** = p < 0.01 vs. controls by Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn’s test. Statistical tests were done for the three groups controls, diabetic and non-diabetic patients. The column “all HD” remained untested. MFI: Mean fluorescence intensity