Circulating CD14⁺HLA-DR^−/low Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells as Potential Biomarkers for the Identification of Psoriasis TCM Blood-Heat Syndrome and Blood-Stasis Syndrome

Table 2

Patient demographics.

	Subject groups
	Health controls	Psoriasis with BS syndrome	Psoriasis with BH syndrome
No. of patients analyzed	20	24	23
Age (y)	38 ± 12	37 ± 12	41 ± 16
Sex (n)	10 males, 10 females	15 males, 9 females	13 males, 10 females
Duration (y)	NA	13.68 ± 13.25	10.71 ± 9.71
Current treatment	None	20 none, 4 combined treatment	18 none, 5 combined treatment
Medication	None	3 oral Chinese herbs; 1 topical corticosteroid	3 oral Chinese herb; 1 phototherapy; 1 topical calcipotriol
Psoriasis area and severity index	NA	3.35 (0.6–8) ± 2.18	3.15 (0.4–10.8) ± 2.44

Data are presented as mean (SD) and n (%). HC, healthy controls. NA, not applicable.