of borderline significancep = 0.06
While we noted an increased proportion of CD4 + CD69 + T cells in the PB of all patients (as shown in Table 1 ), a statistically significant difference was found only between the RRMM group and healthy controls ( p = 0.027); in the newly diagnosed (NDMM) group, the increase in CD69 + cell expansion was of borderline significance ( p = 0.06).