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Table 1 Some demographic features of patients and healthy subjects enrolled in the study

From: Assessing the expression of immunosuppressive cytokines in the newly diagnosed systemic lupus Erythematosus patients: a focus on B cells

Demographic features

Control

n = 30

Patients

n = 23

P-Value

Age at study (years), mean ± SD

34.95 ± 10.02

39.60 ± 13.45

0.21

Sex (m/f)

0/30

0/23

BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD

23.87 ± 2.97

26.97 ± 4.95

0.019*

Disease activity (SLEDAI), mean ± SD

9.73 ± 6.01

Smoking (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD, * significant (P < 0.05)