Table VI.

Correlation between inflammatory infiltrate intensity and positivity for CD8 and FOXP3 expression.

	Inflammatory infiltrate intensity
	Dysplasia (n=20)						Carcinoma (n=40)
Markers	Mild	Mod. no. (%)	Int.	Total	r	P-value	Mild	Mod. no. (%)	Int.	Total	r	P-value
CD8
<5%	2(40)	1 (10)	1 (20)	4 (20)			11 (100)	6 (60)	10 (50)	27 (67.5)
5–50%	2 (40)	2 (20)	0 (0)	4 (20)	0.391	N.S.	0 (0)	1 (10)	2 (10)	3 (7.5)	0.365	<0.05a
>50%	1 (20)	7 (70)	4 (80)	12 (60)			0 (0)	2 (20)	8 (40)	10 (25.0)
FOXP3
<5%	3 (60)	6 (60)	2 (40)	11 (55)			7 (63.6)	6 (60)	11 (57.9)	24 (60.0)
5–50%	1 (20)	2 (20)	2 (40)	5 (25)	0.109	N.S.	2 (18.2)	3 (30)	6 (31.6)	11 (27.5)	0.018	N.S.
>50%	1 (20)	2 (20)	1 (20)	4 (20)			2 (18.2)	1 (10)	2 (10.5)	5 (12.5)

Spearman rank correlation coefficient.

^aP<0.05, statistically significant. NS, not significant.