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Table II.

Frequency of CMV-specific T cells in patients with SLE and healthy controls

	CMV-Specific T Cells (Mean % ± SEM)
		CD69⁺ CD4⁺ IFN-γ	CD69⁺ CD4⁺ TNF-α	CD69⁺ CD8⁺ IFN-γ	CD69⁺ CD8⁺ TNF-α
SLE (n = 17)	0.78 ± 0.25	0.89 ± 0.25	0.76 ± 0.27	0.58 ± 0.13
Controls (n = 9)	0.77 ± 0.46	0.61 ± 0.26	1.26 ± 0.55	1.06 ± 0.50
p Value^b	0.286	0.328	0.434	0.580

	CMV-Specific T Cells (Mean % ± SEM)
		CD69⁺ CD4⁺ IFN-γ	CD69⁺ CD4⁺ TNF-α	CD69⁺ CD8⁺ IFN-γ	CD69⁺ CD8⁺ TNF-α
SLE (n = 17)	0.78 ± 0.25	0.89 ± 0.25	0.76 ± 0.27	0.58 ± 0.13
Controls (n = 9)	0.77 ± 0.46	0.61 ± 0.26	1.26 ± 0.55	1.06 ± 0.50
p Value^b	0.286	0.328	0.434	0.580

b

Determined by Mann-Whitney U test.