Research Article

Regulatory T Cells and Profile of FOXP3 Isoforms Expression in Peripheral Blood of Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndromes

Table 1

Groups of patients with MDS.

GroupMDS-primary, E-MDS, L-MDS, Age control,
n=21n=27n=28n=26

Age, years72 (64–76.5)71.5 (64-76)68.5 (63-73)72 (48-79)
p0.530.670.96-

Sex
 Male7 (33.3%)12 (44.4%)16 (57.1%)11 (42.3%)
 Female14 (66.7%)15 (55.6%)12 (42.9%)15 (57.7%)
p0.561.00.41-

Note: p value is pointed relatively to age control group (two-tailed Fisher’s exact test for sex, Mann-Whitney U test for age).