Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients included in the study, stratified by presence of anti-IFN-α2 and/or anti-IFN-ω auto-Abs

VariablesTotal n = 209Positive n = 14Negative n = 195P value
Age, median (IQR) 57 (45–70) 75 (58–80) 56 (44–67) <0.001 
Sex 
Male, n (%) 130 (62.2) 10 (71.4) 120 (61.5) 0.461 
Female, n (%) 79 (37.8) 4 (28.6) 75 (38.5)  
Comorbidities 
Hypertension, n (%) 117 (55.9) 6 (42.8) 111 (56.9) 0.306 
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 75 (35.8) 4 (28.5) 71 (36.4) 0.555 
Obesity, n (%) 56 (26.7) 1 (7.1) 55 (28.2) 0.086 
Chronic kidney disease, n (%) 17 (8.1) 3 (21.4) 14 (7.1) 0.060 
Chronic heart disease, n (%) 11 (5.2) 4 (28.5) 7 (3.5) <0.001 
COPD, n (%) 9 (4.3) 1 (7.1) 8 (4.1) 0.588 
Cancer, n (%) 4 (1.9) 4 (2.0) 0.588 
VariablesTotal n = 209Positive n = 14Negative n = 195P value
Age, median (IQR) 57 (45–70) 75 (58–80) 56 (44–67) <0.001 
Sex 
Male, n (%) 130 (62.2) 10 (71.4) 120 (61.5) 0.461 
Female, n (%) 79 (37.8) 4 (28.6) 75 (38.5)  
Comorbidities 
Hypertension, n (%) 117 (55.9) 6 (42.8) 111 (56.9) 0.306 
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 75 (35.8) 4 (28.5) 71 (36.4) 0.555 
Obesity, n (%) 56 (26.7) 1 (7.1) 55 (28.2) 0.086 
Chronic kidney disease, n (%) 17 (8.1) 3 (21.4) 14 (7.1) 0.060 
Chronic heart disease, n (%) 11 (5.2) 4 (28.5) 7 (3.5) <0.001 
COPD, n (%) 9 (4.3) 1 (7.1) 8 (4.1) 0.588 
Cancer, n (%) 4 (1.9) 4 (2.0) 0.588 

Continuous variables were compared using the Student’s t test. Categorical variables were compared using the chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test when appropriate. IQR: interquartile range; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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