Table 3 Haematological variables and lymphocyte populations in children with the periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenitis syndrome (PFAPA) and children with pneumonia (Pn)
Pn-nf | p-value | PFAPA-nf | p-value | PFAPA-f | p-value | Pn-f | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pn-nf | PFAPA-nf | PFAPA-f | |||||
vs | vs | vs | |||||
PFAPA-nf | PFAPA-f | Pn-f | |||||
(n=10) | (n= 21) | (n=13) | (n=14) | (n=14/12*) | |||
White blood cells (109/L) | 9.2 | ns | 7.9 | 0.003 | 13.3 | ns | 14.7 |
(6.1, 11.4) | (5.7, 10.1) | (9.4, 15.2) | (10.5, 19.2) | ||||
Neutrophils (109/L) | 3.15 | ns | 3.2 | 0.002 | 9.2 | ns | 9.1 |
(2.3, 5.6) | (2.5,4.1) | (5.8, 11.8) | (5.0, 14.7) | ||||
Thrombocytes (109/L) | 366 | ns | 355 | ns | 299 | ns | 385 |
(289, 413) | (296, 427) | (269, 353) | (275, 482) | ||||
Lymphocytes (109/L) | 3.95 | ns | 3.0 | 0.004 | 2.3 | 0.006 | 3.8 |
(2.5, 4.8) | (2.4, 4.4) | (1.5,3.1) | (2.5, 4.6) | ||||
Monocytes (109/L) | 0.7 | ns | 0.6 | 0.002 | 1.4 | ns | 1.3 |
(0.5, 0.8) | (0.6, 0.8) | (1.2, 1.8) | (1.1, 1.6) | ||||
Eosinophils (109/L) | 0.2 | ns | 0.2 | 0.002 | 0.0 | 0.009 | 0.2 |
(0.1, 0.5) | (0.1, 0.4) | (0.0, 0.1) | (0.03, 0.3) | ||||
(n=9) | (n=15) | (n=8) | (n=8) | (n=10) | |||
CD3 (106/L) | 2583 | ns | 2527 | 0.012 | 1087 | 0.021 | 2145 |
(1744, 3098) | (1998, 3006) | (894, 1592) | (1211, 3368) | ||||
CD4 (106/L) | 1294 | ns | 1478 | 0.017 | 698 | 0.041 | 1310 |
(1034, 1619) | (1025, 1909) | (494, 1062) | (765, 2006) | ||||
CD8 (106/L) | 1196 | ns | 891 | 0.012 | 359 | 0.010 | 801 |
(655, 1325) | (658, 1022) | (254, 420) | (399, 1084) | ||||
CD56 (106/L) | 253 | ns | 414 | ns | 203 | ns | 172 |
(193, 354) | (224, 590) | (116, 329) | (62.5, 303) | ||||
CD19 (106/L) | 629 | ns | 596 | ns | 574 | ns | 991 |
(403, 880) | (430, 1247) | (346, 823) | (393, 1109) |