Effects of zhaoyangwan on chronic hepatitis B and posthepatic cirrhosis

Table 2 Changes of T-cell sub-group and NK cell activity before and after treatment (%)

		n	CD3+	CD4+	CD8+	CD4+/CD8+	NK
reated group	BT	36	47.14 ± 4.76	41.56 ± 5.06	30.10 ± 3.03	1.41 ± 0.24	43.62 ± 5.92
	AT	36	57.81 ± 5.83	54.81 ± 5.64ab	23.07 ± 4.47ab	2.49 ± 0.72ab	56.69 ± 5.29ab
Control group	BT	14	39.93 ± 5.00	28.38 ± 3.40	23.38 ± 3.40	1.40 ± 0.18	40.36 ± 5.90
	AT	14	52.28 ± 7.18b	29.17 ± 1.86	29.17 ± 1.86	1.34 ± 0.88	59.40 ± 4.97b

^aThe treated group vs control group after treatment, P < 0.001,

^bResults after treatment vs those before treatment for both groups, P < 0.001.