Table 2: Clinical characteristics
between PM and DM associated ILD patients.
|
PM-ILD (n = 22) |
DM-ILD (n = 19) |
p-value |
Age |
52.8 (18-77) |
51.1 (17-80) |
0.741 |
Gender
(Men/Women) |
8/14 |
6/13 |
0.755 |
Smoking (Ever/Never) |
8/14 |
4/15 |
0.294 |
WBC |
10245 (4700-18400) |
7907 ( 3600-16900) |
0.051 |
CRP |
2.1 (0-6.6) |
1.7 ( 0.05-6.8 ) |
0.615 |
CPK |
4544 (52-29830) |
1956 ( 30-9710) |
0.125 |
GOT |
178 (24-1034) |
135 ( 15-463 ) |
0.493 |
Ferritin |
703 (133-1324) |
1156 ( 46- 2958 ) |
0.259 |
LDH |
726 (252-2790) |
517 ( 181-895 ) |
0.151 |
KL-6 |
1812 ( 272-9100) |
748 ( 325-1342) |
0.157 |
SP-D |
151 (17.8-524.7) |
172 ( 78.8-336.6 ) |
0.891 |
Survival time (Months) |
88.6 (2.0-181.1) |
44.7 (0.33-175.9) |
0.024 |
Data are expressed as median (range).
Definition of
Abbreviations: PM = Polymyositis; DM = Dermatomyositis; ILD = Interstitial Lung Disease; WBC=White Blood
Cell; CRP = C-Reactive Protein; CPK = Creatine Phosphokinase; GOT = Glutamic Oxaloacetic
Transaminase; LDH = Lactate Dehydrogenase;
KL-6 = Sialylated Carbohydrate Antigen KL-6; SP-D
= Surfactant Protein D