Table 3.

The size of the largest inflammatory cell infiltrates in the three cardiac layers, per section

	IRD (n = 48)	Non-IRD (n = 40)	p Value
Epicardium
No mononuclear cells	21 (44)	16 (40)	0.63
< 50 mononuclear cells	16 (33)	12 (30)
50–99 mononuclear cells	4 (8)	7 (18)
100–199 mononuclear cells	7 (15)	4 (10)
≥ 200 mononuclear cells	0 (0)	1 (3)
Myocardium
No mononuclear cells	45 (94)	39 (98)	0.47
< 50 mononuclear cells	3 (6)	1 (3)
≥ 50 mononuclear cells	0 (0)	0 (0)
Endocardium
No mononuclear cells	47 (98)	40 (100)	0.73
< 50 mononuclear cells	1 (2)	0 (0)
≥ 50 mononuclear cells	0 (0)	0 (0)

IRD Inflammatory rheumatic disease

Values are the number (percentage) of patients