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. 2016 Jun 24;6:28652. doi: 10.1038/srep28652

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)
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.