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. 2018 Apr 26;11(4):428–434. doi: 10.1111/cts.12553

Table 2.

CD4+ and CD4+CD28– T cells spontaneously expressing CD137 in peripheral blood of patients with acute ischemic atherosclerotic stroke, asymptomatic carotid stenosis (ACS), and normal controls (NC)

CD137 (%)
CD4+CD28– (%) CD4+ CD4+CD28–
Stroke (n = 27) 14.1±4.4a 4.9±3.2a 2.6±2.1a
ACS (n = 19) 9.0±4.6 2.2±1.7 0.7±0.7
NC (n = 20) 8.1±3.3 1.3±1.0 0.5±0.3
P value (ANOVA) <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
a

P < 0.01 for post‐hoc comparison with either of control groups.