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Table 2.

Statistics for gene expression (RT-qPCR)

Variable	Descriptive statistics	BPS/IC ESSIC type 3C^a (group 1, n = 15)	OAB^a (group 2, n = 11)	Healthy controls^a (group 3, n = 8)	p value	Post hoc test	Bonferroni correction (p < 0.016)
CD79A_qPCR	Mean	11.16	0.36	0.29	p < 0.0001	Gr. 1&2 (p < 0.0001)	S
	σ^b	9.17	0.56	0.47		Gr. 1&3 (p < 0.0001)	S
	Median	8.94	0.12	0.06		Gr. 2&3 (p = 0.215)	NS
	Minimum	1.30	0.02	0.01
	Maximum	40.90	1.96	1.22
CD20_qPCR	Mean	14.11	0.71	0.21	p < 0.0001	Gr. 1&2 (p < 0.0001)	S
	σ^b	9.71	1.72	0.46		Gr. 1&3 (p < 0.0001)	S
	Median	13.58	0.16	0.01		Gr. 2&3 (p = 0.240)	NS
	Minimum	1.50	0.00	0.00
	Maximum	33.78	5.85	1.31
CTLA4_qPCR	Mean	13.62	0.78	0.53	p < 0.0001	Gr. 1&2 (p < 0.0001)	S
	σ^b	10.77	0.55	0.51		Gr. 1&3 (p < 0.0001)	S
	Median	10.13	0.57	0.25		Gr. 2&3 (p = 0.107)	NS
	Minimum	2.39	0.28	0.14
	Maximum	35.67	1.95	1.55
IGH@_qPCR	Mean	44.11	0.75	1.01	p < 0.0001	Gr. 1&2 (p < 0.0001)	S
	σ^b	53.58	0.91	1.83		Gr. 1&3 (p < 0.0001)	S
	Median	23.71	0.33	0.22		Gr. 2&3 (p = 0.563)	NS
	Minimum	1.30	0.01	0.00
	Maximum	158.19	2.79	5.28
KRT20_qPCR	Mean	0.22	1.84	2.31	p < 0.0001	Gr. 1&2 (p < 0.0001)	S
	σ^b	0.63	1.97	1.69		Gr. 1&3 (p < 0.0001)	S
	Median	0.00	1.02	2.13		Gr. 2&3 (p = 0.283)	NS
	Minimum	0.00	0.22	0.27
	Maximum	2.32	6.69	5.78
UPK1B_qPCR	Mean	0.13	0.87	1.37	p < 0.0001	Gr. 1&2 (p < 0.0001)	S
	σ^b	0.18	0.41	0.32		Gr. 1&3 (p < 0.0001)	S
	Median	0.03	0.69	1.44		Gr. 2&3(p = 0.013)	S
	Minimum	0.00	0.27	0.80
	Maximum	0.65	1.52	1.78
UPK3A_qPCR	Mean	0.13	1.02	1.97	p < 0.0001	Gr. 1&2 (p < 0.0001)	S
	σ^b	0.30	0.64	0.81		Gr. 1&3 (p < 0.0001)	S
	Median	0.03	1.02	2.13		Gr. 2&3 (p = 0.021)	NS
	Minimum	0.00	0.28	0.73
	Maximum	1.13	2.50	3.27

Gr. group, S significant, NS not significant

^aRelative gene expression

^bσ: standard deviation