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Figure 6 Scatter plot shows the relation between CRP acute levels (at sample 1) and the percentage increment in CD3⁺/DR⁺ (at sample 2 compared to sample 1 in each patient) in UA (group A). Serum levels of CRP in the acute phase of UA were inversely related to the percentage increment of CD3⁺/DR⁺ lymphocytes at 7 to 15 days (Spearman’s rank correlation: r = 0.63, p = 0.0003). Patients with a more favorable outcome (group A1, open squares) had lower CRP levels and a higher CD3⁺/DR⁺ increment as compared with patients with a less favorable outcome of UA (group A2, solid squares).