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Supplementary Table 2 Percentages of CD8+ CD28- T cells in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, classified according to the grade of their movement restriction

From: Circulating cytotoxic CD8+ CD28- T cells in ankylosing spondylitis

 

CD8+ CD28- T cells in patients (%)

 

Minor

Mean

Major

Cervical rotation (sitting)

34.2 ± 17.3

45.0 ± 18.1

44.1 ± 16.3

Cervical rotation (lying)

36.9 ± 18.1

48.8 ± 15.3

44.7 ± 15.6

Tragus to wall

44.1 ± 17.2

41.8 ± 18.0

44.4 ± 16.5

Chin to jugulum

34.7 ± 18.2

43.5 ± 17.5

45.1 ± 16.3

Head to wall

39.8 ± 16.8

44.6 ± 18.6

40.5 ± 18.6

Chest expansion

35.5 ± 15.0

43.7 ± 18.9

43.2 ± 17.6

Thoracic Schober

39.3 ± 16.6

41.4 ± 18.7

42.8 ± 17.9

Modified Schober

41.0 ± 18.3

45.2 ± 15.3

43.7 ± 17.7

Lumbar side flexion

39.3 ± 16.3

45.5 ± 18.1

44.6 ± 16.9

Fingers to floor

36.8 ± 16.4

42.8 ± 18.8

43.9 ± 17.8

Intermalleolar distance

39.8 ± 17.4

44.5 ± 16.9

45.2 ± 17.2

  1. Patients were grouped in those with minor restrictions (head-to-wall distance <5, chin-to jugulum distance <3, cervical rotation in sitting position >70, thoracic Schober >32, chest expansion >6 and fingers-to-floor distance <20), those with mean restrictions, and those with major restrictions (head-to-wall distance >20, chin-to-jugulum distance >6, cervical rotation in sitting position <15, thoracic Schober <30.5, chest expansion <2 and fingers-to-floor distance >50). Correlations between the level of CD8+ CD28- T cells and the extent of movement restrictions were not significant (using Bonferroni adjustment after Pearson test).
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

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