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TABLE 4.

Correlations between intracellular cytokine levels and the proportions of T_regs or serum ferritin in patients with acute AOSD

		Versus %CD4⁺CD25⁺FoxP3⁺ cells		Versus serum ferritin levels
		Coefficient	p value	Coefficient	p value
MFI in CD4⁺CD25⁺FoxP3⁺ cells
	MFI⁻IFN‐γ	−0.421	0.029	0.433	0.027
	MFI⁻IL‐17	−0.324	0.099	0.156	0.425
	MFI⁻IL‐4	−0.449	0.019	0.413	0.035
% Frequency in CD4⁺CD25⁺FoxP3⁺ cells
	% IFN‐γ	−0.499	0.008	0.390	0.047
	% IL‐17	−0.547	0.003	0.184	0.349
	% IL‐4	−0.680	0.0005	0.435	0.030

A p value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Abbreviations: AOSD, acute adult‐onset Still’s disease; Coefficient, correlation coefficient; FoxP3, forkhead box protein 3; IL, interleukin; IFN‐γ, interferon‐γ; MFI, median fluorescence index.