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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of different groups of anti-MDA5 + patients with ILD

From: Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is a predictive marker for anti-MDA5 positive dermatomyositis

 

Overall

Survival

Un-survival

p

n

195

140

55

 

Age (mean ± SD)

50.34 ± 10.56

49.38 ± 10.56

52.78 ± 10.24

0.038

Gender (male %)

62 (31.79)

41 (29.29)

21 (38.18)

0.303

Smoking (%)

32 (16.41)

18 (12.86)

14 (25.45)

0.055

Survival time (median [IQR])

13.50 [1.64, 32.56]

24.13 [8.29, 40.02]

0.77 [0.33, 2.50]

 < 0.001

Clinical signs and symptoms

Heart failure (%)

17 (8.72)

9 (6.43)

8 (14.55)

0.127

Diabetes (%)

17 (8.72)

13 (9.29)

4 (7.27)

0.868

Fatty liver (%)

39 (20.00)

30 (21.43)

9 (16.36)

0.551

Hypertension (%)

14 (7.18)

7 (5.00)

7 (12.73)

0.116

Arthralgia (%)

120 (61.54)

91 (65.00)

29 (52.73)

0.155

Dyspnea (%)

82 (42.05)

49 (35.00)

33 (60.00)

0.003

Skin ulcer (%)

23 (11.79)

19 (13.57)

4 (7.27)

0.327

Gottron sign (%)

120 (61.54)

87 (62.14)

33 (60.00)

0.910

Heliotrope sign (%)

101 (51.79)

79 (56.43)

22 (40.00)

0.057

HRCT score (median [IQR])

84.00 57.00, 117.00]

77.00 [54.75, 108.75.75]

99.00 [70.00, 137.00]

0.001

RPILD (%)

63 (32.31)

28 (20.00)

35 (63.64)

 < 0.001

Laboratory examination

RDW (median [IQR])L/L

47.60 [44.80, 52.30]

47.00 [44.20, 51.80]

49.20 [46.15, 54.20]

0.025

CK (median [IQR]) IU/L

56.00 [31.50, 120.00]

51.00 [30.00, 99.00]

80.00 [45.50, 220.50]

0.002

CRP (median [IQR]) (mg/L)

5.87 [2.54, 16.75]

4.27 [2.40, 10.48]

15.30 [4.75, 34.40]

 < 0.001

LDH (median [IQR]) IU/L

321.00 [261.50, 441.50]

301.00 [232.50, 365.25]

443.00 [327.00, 658.00]

 < 0.001

WBC (median [IQR])109/L

5.59 [4.06, 7.44]

5.42 [3.86, 7.06]

6.47 [4.33, 8.63]

0.066

PLT (mean ± SD) 109/L

195.22 ± 71.39

197.66 ± 65.18

189.00 ± 85.55

0.174

Neutrophils (median [IQR]) 109/L

4.27 [2.85, 5.74]

4.03 [2.78, 7.18]

4.81 [3.20 6.97]

0.032

Lymphocytes (median [IQR]) 109/L

0.79 [0.57, 1.09]

0.88 [0.65, 1.12]

0.72 [0.46, 0.97]

0.008

NLR (median [IQR])

4.85 [3.41, 7.07]

4.34 [3.15, 6.63]

6.19 [4.70, 9.84]

 < 0.001

  1. Data are presented as numbers (percentages), mean ± standard deviation (± SD) or median values and interquartile range (IQR)
  2. RDW red cell volume distribution width; CK creatine kinase; CRP C-reactive protein; LDH lactate dehydrogenase; WBC white blood cell count; PLT platelet count; NLR neutrophils/lymphocyte ratio; DM dermatomyositis; RPILD rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease; HRCT high-resolution CT; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase