Research Article
Promising Neutrophil-Associated Biomarkers in Lung Diseases of Patients with Antisynthetase Syndrome and Dermatomyositis
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the ASS and DM patients.
| | Variables | All | ASS | DM | value |
| | Numbers, (%) | 46 (100) | 20 (43.5) | 26 (56.5) | | | Age, year | | | | 0.061 | | Female, (%) | 33 (71.7) | 17 (85.0) | 16 (61.5) | 0.08 | | Smoke, (%) | 9 (19.6) | 3 (15.0) | 6 (23.1) | 0.494 | | Fever, (%) | 10 (21.7) | 6 (30.0) | 4 (15.4) | 0.234 | | Myalgia, (%) | 11 (23.9) | 4 (20.0) | 7 (26.9) | 0.585 | | Muscle weakness, (%) | 23 (50.0) | 8 (40.0) | 15 (57.7) | 0.234 | | Gottron’s sign, (%) | 33 (71.7) | 9 (45.0) | 24 (92.3) | <0.0001 | | Mechanic’s hands, (%) | 12 (26.1) | 7 (35.0) | 5 (19.2) | 0.227 | | Raynaud phenomenon, (%) | 7 (15.2) | 5 (25.0) | 2 (7.7) | 0.105 | | Polyarthritis, (%) | 17 (37.0) | 11 (55.0) | 6 (23.1) | 0.026 | | Respiratory infection, (%) | 13 (28.3) | 6 (30.0) | 7 (26.9) | 0.818 | | Interstitial lung disease, (%) | 33 (71.7) | 16 (80.0) | 17 (65.4) | 0.275 | | RP-ILD, (%) | 16 (34.8) | 7 (35.0) | 9 (34.6) | 0.978 |
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Values are (%) unless specified otherwise. for comparison between ASS group vs. DM group using a test, Gottron’s sign, and polyarthritis. |
