Table 3. Proportion of the number of CD138-and CXCR3-positive cells to the number of all mononuclear cells in randomly selected 3 plasma cell-rich areas in HIC and non-IC cystitis cases†.
CD138-positive cells/Mononuclear cells | CXCR3-positive cells/Mononuclear cells | (CD138-positive cells/Mononuclear cells) + CXCR3-positive cells/Mononuclear cells) | |
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HIC (n = 22) | 0.63 ± 0.15 | 0.44 ± 0.23 | 1.07 ± 0.24 |
Non-IC cystitis (n = 8) | 0.51 ± 0.15 | 0.29 ± 0.14 | 0.80 ± 0.17 |
P value | 0.17 | 0.10 | 0.04* |
†HIC: Hunner type interstitial cystitis
¶mean ± SD
Significant difference: *P < 0.01 by Wilcoxon rank-sum test.