nominally significantP = 0.041
By contrast, CD8 + T-cell counts did not differ significantly between groups during the treatment period at the cross-sectional level (TwHF-M6 through Post-M12, all P > 0.05; Supplementary Table S1 ), although linear mixed-effects modeling showed a nominally significant group × time interaction for CD8 + T-cell counts ( P = 0.041; Supplementary Table S2 ), suggesting a differential longitudinal trajectory that warrants further investigation.