Table 4.

Mean Percentage of CD27^high Plasma Cells in Peripheral Blood and Serum C-reactive Protein Levels, of All Studied Patients

HC, healthy control; CRP, C-reactive protein; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.

^*Percentages of CD27^high plasma cells are significantly higher in three groups (SLE, SLE with infection, non-SLE with infection), when compared to healthy controls (p < 0.05).

^†Mean CRP levels are higher in SLE with infection and non-SLE with infection, when compared to SLE (p < 0.05).

^‡Mean percentage of CD27^high plasma cells is significantly lower in SLE, when compared to SLE with infection (p < 0.05).