Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: Evidence for local dendritic cell activation in pulmonary sarcoidosis
Patients (n = 44) | |
|---|---|
Age, years | 37.5 (18-67) |
Sex, male/female | 17/27 |
Smoking, yes/no | 8/36 |
Stage, (I/II) | 21/23 |
Diagnosis based on: | |
Biopsy | 17 |
CD4/8 ratio | 27 |
CD4/8 ratio, mean | 4.8 (1.2-10) |
Extra-thoracic sarcoidosis (number of subjects) | Eye (12), Skin (10), Joints/Arthralgia (9) |
Co-morbidities (number of subjects) | Cardiovascular, including hypertension (3), Diabetes Mellitus (2), Thyroid disease (2) Sickle-cell disease (1), Psoriasis (1), Migraine (2) |