Table 6.

Correlation of the CD68 cell count and expression of CD68 mRNA, CD68 protein and CD20 in patients with LH

	CD68(IHC)	CD68 mRNA	CD68 cell count	CD20 (IHC)
CD68(IHC)	–	r = 0.804** p < 0.001	r = 732** p < 0.001	r = −594** p < 0.001
CD68 mRNA	r = 0.804** p < 0.001	–	r = 0.856** p < 0.001	r = −0.417** p < 0.001
CD68+ cell count	r = 732** p < 0.001	r = 0.856 p < 0.001	–	r = − 0.387** p = 0.001
CD20 (IHC)	r = − 594** p < 0.001	r = − 0.417** p < 0.001	r = − 0.387** p = 0.001	–

**Correlation is highly significant at p < 0.01