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Table 8.

Correlation between CD8+ T lymphocytes and the semi-quantitative scores in lupus nephritis classes.

CD8+ T Lymphocytes and Semi-Quantitative Scores	Lupus Nephritis Classes				Total r/p
CD8+ T Lymphocytes and Semi-Quantitative Scores	II + III r/p	IV r/p	V r/p	VI r/p	Total r/p
T CD8+ total vs. RC_S †	−0.618/0.191	0.224/0.356	0.625/0.002 **	0.169/0.749	0.514/<0.001 **
T CD8+ IG vs. RC_S ‡	0.851/0.032 *	0.150/0.540	0.372/0.088	0.257/0.623	0.341/0.013 *
T CD8+ PG vs. RC_S †	−0.883/0.020 *	0.153/0.532	0.420/0.051	0.000/1.000	0.436/0.001 **
T CD8+ IT vs. RC_S †	−0.530/0.280	0.290/0.229	0.717/<0.001 **	0.169/0.749	0.557/<0.001 **
T CD8+ total vs. TI_S †	−0.464/0.354	0.416/0.077	0.512/0.015 *	−0.377/0.461	0.422/0.002 **
T CD8+ IG vs. TI_S ‡	0.882/0.020 *	0.131/0.594	0.479/0.024 *	−0.397/0.436	0.418/0.002 **
T CD8+ PG vs. TI_S †	−0.754/0.084	0.208/0.392	0.273/0.219	−0.485/0.329	0.332/0.015 *
T CD8+ IT vs. TI_S †	−0.522/0.288	0.401/0.089	0.502/0.017 *	−0.377/0.461	0.408/0.002 **

IG: intraglomerular; PG: periglomerular; IT: interstitial; vs.: versus; RC_S: renal corpuscle score; TI_S: tubulo-interstitial score; † Pearson’s correlation coefficient; ‡ Spearman’s nonparametric correlation coefficient. p < 0.05 * statistically significant; p < 0.01 ** highly statistically significant.