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 5

Percentage of CD8⁺ cells (cytotoxic T cells) in peripheral venous blood.

Time point	Non-NAC group	NAC group	NAC+CHO group	^2	^2
Day after first admission				0.418	0.660
Before surgery		^a,1	^a,1	11.508	0.000
After tracheal tube removal	^1,2	^a,2	^a,b,1	33.018	0.000
Day after surgery	^1,2	^a,2	^a	40.844	0.000
^1	15.853	6.077	5.040
^1	0.000	0.000	0.008

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.