Phenotypic Characterization of Circulating CD4⁺ T Cells in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

Table 2

Descriptive statistics of AAV, HBD, and TC (numbers or median with lower and upper quartile) at time of blood sampling.

	AAV	HBD	TC	value
Age in years	70.21 (53.84, 73.39)	56.0 (IQR: 45.3, 60.2)	49.41 (40.99, 63.03)
Sex (numbers)
Women	31	11	4
Men	33	10	11
Prednisolone median dose (mg/day)	5.0 (range: 2.5, 70.0)	NA	5.0 (range: 2.5, 5.0)
Azathioprine median dose (mg/day)	100 (range: 50.0, 200)	NA	50 (range: 50.0, 50.0)
Mycophenolate mofetil median dose (mg/day)	2000 (range: 250, 2500)	NA	1500 (range: 750, 2000)

AAV = anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody- (ANCA-) associated vasculitides; TC = therapy control. ¹Kruskal-Wallis test by ranks, ²chi-square test, and ³Mann-Whitney test. In this table, only the drugs that AAV and TC have in common are disclosed.