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Table 2.

Peripheral blood T cell frequencies.

	% CD3⁺	% CD4⁺CD3⁺	% CD8⁺CD3⁺	CD4:CD8 ratio
HC (n = 112)	69.11 (63.32–73.66)	44.48 (38.48–50.29)	18.61 (15.65–23.00)	2.27 (1.76–3.07)
All MS (n = 118)	66.68 (59.18–72.88)	46.07 (39.47–52.07)	15.74 (12.62–20.43)	2.97 (2.16–3.77)
p value	0.045^a	0.189^b	<0.001^b	<0.001^a

Values are presented as median (interquartile range) percentages of T cells within PBMCs.

Mann–Whitney rank sum test.

Student’s t test.

HC: healthy control subjects; All MS: total group of MS patients.