iTRAQ-Based Proteomics Analysis of Plasma of Myasthenia Gravis Patients Treated with Jia Wei Bu Zhong Yi Qi Decoction

Table 1

Basic clinical parameters of healthy volunteers and MG patients before treatment.

Group	Number	Age of admission	Sex	Disease duration (years)	Neostigmine test	RNS	Thymus pathology	Thymectomy
C	1	53	M	—	ND	ND	Nor	No
	2	69	F	—	ND	ND	Nor	No
	3	49	M	—	ND	ND	Nor	No
T1	4	54	M	1	+	+	Nor	No
	5	49	F	0.2	+	+	Nor	No
	6	44	F	10	+	+	Multiple nodules	No
T2	7	58	F	0.1	+	+	Thymoma	Yes
	8	42	F	27	+	+	Nor	No
	9	43	F	1	+	+	Nor	No
T3	10	58	F	0.1	+	+	Thymoma	Yes
	11	44	F	1	+	+	Thymoma	Yes
	12	52	M	0.6	+	+	Nor	No

Note: F = female; M = male; nor = normal; ND = no detected; “+” = positive; “−” = negative; RNS = repetitive nerve stimulation (a variant of the nerve conduction study where electrical stimulation is delivered to a motor nerve repeatedly several times per second).