Bartrop and colleagues compared the immune systems of 26 people whose spouses had died 8 weeks earlier with those of 26 matched control-group participants whose spouses had not died. The blood samples revealed that _____ was much lower in the bereaved people than in the controls.

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Lymphocyte functioning was found to be much lower in bereaved individuals compared to controls, indicating a weakened immune response potentially due to the stress of losing a spouse.

Bartrop and Colleagues Compared the Immune Systems of 26 People