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Table 2.

Characteristics of bone marrow lymphocytes were influenced both by ovariectomy and by arthritis

Arthritis	OVX	n	Bone marrow cellularity (× 10⁶)	B cells per femur (× 10⁶)	T cells per femur (× 10⁶)	CD4⁺cells per femur (× 10⁶)	CD69⁺/CD4⁺cells (%)	CD8⁺cells per femur (× 10⁶)	CD69⁺/CD8⁺cells (%)
-	-	10	5.1 (4.0–6.4)	1.5 (1.0–1.7)***	0.06 (0.05–0.09)	0.02 (0.02–0.04)	25 (18–30)	0.013 (0.008–0.018)	3 (1–3)
	+	10	6.0 (5.0–8.6)	2.4 (2.0–3.0)	0.05 (0.04–0.07)	0.02 (0.02–0.03)	29 (26–31)	0.008 (0.006–0.012)	4 (2–6)
+	-	18	5.2 (4.7–7.0)	1.0 (0.8–1.3)**^†	0.05 (0.04–0.06)	0.02 (0.01–0.02)	50 (43–58)***^†††	0.004 (0.002–0.007)^†††	9 (4–25)^†††
	+	15	6.1 (5.3–8.4)	1.5 (1.0–2.5)^†	0.05 (0.03–0.05)	0.02 (0.01–0.02)	35 (29–40)	0.005 (0.002–0.006)^†††	10 (5–16)^†

Values are medians and interquartile ranges for each group; n is the number of mice. Comparison between sham operation and ovariectomy (OVX): **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001. Comparison between arthritic mice and their controls: ^†P < 0.05; ^†††P < 0.001.