Increased Peripheral Proinflammatory T Helper Subsets Contribute to Cardiovascular Complications in Diabetic Patients

Table 2

Correlation coefficients between each proinflammatory Th subset and CRP.

%	#
	CRP	Th1	Th17	Th22	CD4+
CRP		0.249**	0.076	0.257**	0.095
		0.009	0.434	0.007	0.325
Th1	0.303**		0.753**	0.740**	0.740**
	0.001		0.000	0.000	0.000
Th17	0.003	0.303**		0.811**	0.816**
	0.972	0.001		0.000	0.000
Th22	0.454**	0.261**	0.811**		0.903**
	0.000	0.006	0.000		0.000
CD4	−0.012	−0.125	−0.030	0.086
	0.899	0.194	0.761	0.374

The upper value represents Spearman’ rho and the lower corresponding P value.
%: correlation between frequencies of corresponding Th subsets/CD4+ Th cells.
#: correlation between absolute counts of corresponding Th cells per milliliter of peripheral blood.
*: statistically significant at level of 𝑃<0.05.
**: statistically significant at level of 𝑃<0.01.