Research Article

Clinical Significance of Decreased TIPE2 Expression in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Patients with Psoriasis Vulgaris

Table 2

Basic demographic and clinical profile of the study groups.

Project/variablePsoriasis (n = 33)Controls (n = 31) value

Sex (n (%))0.599
 Male17 (51.52%)18 (58.06%)
 Female16 (48.48%)13 (41.94%)
Age, years mean ± SD38 ± 18.0442.87 ± 14.180.236
Family history (n (%))
 Yes13 (39.39%)
 No20 (60.61%)
Allergy history (n (%))
 Yes4 (12.12%)
 No29 (87.88%)
Infection history (n (%))
 Yes6 (18.18%)
 No27 (81.82%)
BMI (mean + SD)24.19 ± 4.1725.16 ± 3.350.308
 <18.53 (9.09%)0 (0%)
 18.5–24.918 (54.55%)17 (54.84%)
 ≥25.012 (36.36%)14 (45.16%)
PASI score (n (%))
 Mild (0–3)1 (3.03%)
 Moderate (3–10)23 (69.7%)
 Severe (≥10)9 (27.27%)
Stages (n (%))
 Active25 (75.76%)
 Stationary8 (24.24%)

Quantitative variables are expressed as mean ± SD; categorical variables are expressed as n (%). An independent samples T-test was used to compare the mean values. Qualitative data were analyzed using the chi-squared test.