The Effects of Preoperative Oral Carbohydrate on Frequency of T and NK Cells in Patients with Cervical Cancer Treated Using Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study

Table 2

Percentage of natural killer (NK) cells in peripheral venous blood.

Time point	Non-NAC group	NAC group	NAC+CHO group	^2	^2
Day after first admission				0.213	0.809
Before surgery		^1	^a,1	2.261	0.111
After tracheal tube removal	^1,2	^a,1,2	^a,b,2	104.388	0.000
Day after surgery	^1,2	^a,1,2,3	^a,b,2	233.649	0.000
^1	35.821	44.839	5.942
^1	0.000	0.000	0.011

¹ vs. day after the first admission; ² vs. before surgery; ³ vs. after tracheal tube removal; ^a vs. the non-NAC group; ^b vs. the NAC group.