Research Article

Increased Circulating CD4+CXCR5+ Cells and IgG4 Levels in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Autoimmune Diseases

Table 1

The characteristics of MDS patients with autoimmune diseases.

MDS-AIMDS-NAI

Number2121
Age (years)49 (20-87)53 (21-83)0.4503
Sex (male/female)8/1311/100.5359
MDS subtype0.8596
 MDS-SLD34
 MDS-MLD65
 MDS-RS01
 MDS-EB176
 MDS-EB255
IPSS-R0.9370
 Very low23
 Low55
 Intermediate55
 Poor45
 Very poor53
Karyotype0.8874
 Very good10
 Good1414
 Intermediate34
 Poor22
 Very poor11
Median BM blasts (%)5.5 (0-19)6 (0-19)0.9247

MDS-AI: MDS with autoimmune disease; MDS-NAI: MDS without autoimmune disease; BM: bone marrow.