Lymphocyte and CD62E expression in lichen planus and lichenoid reaction

BMC Oral Health

Table 2 Results of the immunofluorescence analysis for CD3, CD4, CD8, CLA, and E-selectin comparing GOLP and GORL

Immunostaining	Total number of lymphocytes		p ^*	d
Immunostaining	GOLP	GORL	p ^*	d
CD3+ ^§	25,832	13,469	0.311	0.343
CD3 + CD4+ ^¥	15,678	6,510	0.615	0.127
CD3 + CD4+/CD3+ ^§	68,74	54,45	0.027	0.794
CD3 + CD8+ ^§	18,983	5,918	0.099	0.571
CD3 + CD8+/CD3+ ^§	67,91	51,74	0.038	0.738
CLA+ ^¥	16,176	8,296	0.840	0.363
CD4 + CLA+ ^¥	9,594	4,954	0.888	0.351
CLA+/CD4+ ^§	72,81	81,77	0.164	0.477
CD4 + CLA+/CD4+ ^¥	42,57	49,17	0.618	0.405
CD8 + CLA+ ^§	7,856	4,908	0.089	0.591
CLA+/CD8+ ^§	78,09	58,85	0.420	0.271
CD8 + CLA+/CD8+ ^¥	37,17	20,39	0.767	0.550
E-selectin ^§	1,217	539	0.892	0.046

^¥ Student’s t-test; ^§ Mann-Whitney Test; * p-value (p ≤ 0.05); GOLP: group of oral lichen planus; GORL: group of oral lichenoid reaction. “d” refers to effect size: no effect (d ≤ 0.1), small (0.20 ≤ d ≤ 0.40), medium (0.50 ≤ d ≤ 0.70), and large (d ≥ 0.80)

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