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 4

Percentage of CD4⁺ cells (helper and regulatory T cells) in peripheral venous blood.

Time point	Non-NAC group	NAC group	NAC+CHO group	^2	^2
Day after first admission				0.918	0.404
Before surgery		^a,1	^a,1	14.807	0.502
After tracheal tube removal	^1,2	^1,2	^a,b,2	7.913	0.001
Day after surgery	^1,2,3	^1,2	^a,b,1,2	27.544	0.000
^1	14.776	51.708	50.979
^1	0.000	0.000	0.000

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.