Persistence of high CD40 and CD40L expression after restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis

Table 3 Flow cytometry results: CD40 expression on B cells and monocytes

	HfiCD40+CD20+ (%)	P	HfiCD40+CD14+ (%)	P
UC vs controls	9.7 ± 1.34 vs 3.6 ± 0.99	< 0.05	0.38 ± 0.13 vs 0.09 ± 0.06	NS
Pouch vs controls	9.0 ± 2.37 vs 3.6 ± 0.99	< 0.05	0.16 ± 0.06 vs 0.09 ± 0.06	NS
Extraint+ vs extraint-	16.86 ± 5.25 vs 5.30 ± 1.58	< 0.05	0.1 ± 0.03 vs 0.2 ± 0.13	NS
PDAI ≥ 7 vs PDAI < 7	11.00 ± 3.6 vs 6.40 ± 2.0	NS	0.1 ± 0.04 vs 0.2 ± 0.08	NS
CRP+ vs CRP–	8.6 ± 2.25 vs 10.7 ± 2.0	NS	0.2 ± 0.13 vs 0.7 ± 0.4	NS
ESR+ vs ESR–	8.6 ± 1.8 vs 10.4 ± 2.8	NS	0.3 ± 0.2 vs 0.7 ± 0.4	NS

CRP, C reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; extraint, extraintestinal diseases; Hfi, high fluorescence intensity; NS, non significant; PDAI, pouchitis disease activity index.