Table 2.
Partial correlation analysis and stratification analysis controlling the confounding factor age (n = 30).
| Clinical phenotypes/immune indexes | Uncontrolled Spearman correlation |
Controlled3 partial correlation |
≤35 stratification analysis |
>35 stratification analysis |
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| Menstrual cycle, days | ||||
| CD4CM (% of CD4 T cell) | −0.395, 0.031 | −0.005, 0.979 | −0.306, 0.309 | −0.240, 0.353 |
| Th2 (% of Th cells) | −0.488, 0.006 | −0.367, 0.051 | −0.163, 0.595 | −0.731, 0.001 |
| Tfh (% of lymphocyte) | −0.433, 0.017 | −0.280, 0.226 | −0.550, 0.051 | −0.425, 0.089 |
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| Menstrual duration, days | ||||
| Tfh1/Tfh2 | 0.389, 0.028 | 0.375, 0.045 | 0.032, 0.918 | 0.461, 0.062 |
| CD56+NKP46+ (% of lymphocyte) | −0.409, 0.025 | −0.295, 0.121 | −0.218, 0.474 | −0.375, 0.139 |
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| Number of myomas | ||||
| Tfh1/Tfh2 | 0.260, 0.017 | 0.437, 0.020 | 0.081, 0.768 | 0.556, 0.250 |
| Tfh17 (% of lymphocyte) | 0.413, 0.026 | 0.445, 0.018 | 0.504, 0.079 | 0.265, 0.322 |
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| Diameter of myoma1 | ||||
| CD8EMRACD127high (% of CD8 EMRA) | 0.390, 0.033 | 0.350, 0.063 | 0.302, 0.316 | 0.471, 0.056 |
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| Pelvic lesions (Mann–whitney U)2 | ||||
| Tfh1 (% of lymphocyte) | −2.061, 0.037 | — | −0.268, 0.789 | −1.860, 0.063 |
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| RBC | ||||
| Treg (% of lymphocyte) | −0.411, 0.024 | −0.286, 0.132 | −0.407, 0.167 | −0.430, 0.085 |
| CD56+NKG2D+ (% of lymphocyte) | 0.417, 0.022 | 0.209, 0.276 | 0.305, 0.310 | 0.314, 0.220 |
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| Hb | ||||
| Tc1 (% of Tc) | 0.405, 0.027 | 0.360, 0.055 | 0.556, 0.049 | 0.292, 0.255 |
| Vδ2 (% of γδ T cells) | 0.482, 0.007 | 0.307, 0.106 | 0.531, 0.062 | 0.300, 0.242 |
| Vδ2+NKG2D+ (% of lymphocyte) | 0.373, 0.042 | 0.090, 0.641 | 0.314, 0.297 | 0.314, 0.219 |
| Vδ1/Vδ2 | −0.482, 0.007 | −0.135, 0.485 | −0.547, 0.053 | −0.303, 0.237 |
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| CA125 | ||||
| Treg (% of lymphocyte) | 0.513, 0.005 | 0.449, 0.015 | 0.351, 0.239 | 0.580, 0.015 |
| Tfh1/Tfh2 | 0.340, 0.001 | 0.543, 0.002 | 0.281, 0.353 | 0.349, 0.169 |
| Vδ1/Vδ2 | 0.431, 0.017 | 0.022, 0.909 | 0.055, 0.859 | 0.608, 0.010 |
| Vδ2+NKG2D+ (% of lymphocyte) | −0.363, 0.049 | −0.294, 0.122 | −0.198, 0.517 | −0.423, 0.091 |
| Vδ2+PD1+ (% of lymphocyte) | −0.381, 0.038 | −0.310, 0.102 | −0.071, 0.817 | −0.586, 0.013 |
Data were presented as correlation coefficients (r) and P values. 1The characteristics of the biggest myoma. 2Z and P values of Mann–whitney U test. 3Adjusted for age. Hb, hemoglobin; RBC, red blood cells.