Increased Circulating Th17 Cells, Serum IL-17A, and IL-23 in Takayasu Arteritis

Table 1

Demographic details of patients and controls.

	Patients	Controls	value
Total number	30	20
Mean age	33.5 (±11.8)	34.2 (±11.3)	0.84
Sex (female : male)	25 : 5	13 : 7	0.137
On any immunosuppressant	17	—	—
Median prednisolone dose (mg/day)	7.5 (6.9–20); ()	—	—
Median oral methotrexate dose (mg/week)	17.5 (15–20); ()	—	—
Median azathioprine dose (mg/day)	100 (100–150); ()	—	—
Angiographic type (Numano’s)	V – 66.7%; I – 23.3%; IIb - 6.7%; IIa – 3.3%	—	—

Mann-Whitney test.
-statistic.