Table 1.

Factors predicting remission on azathioprine treatment (mean and 95% confidence intervals)

	Remission achieved	Remission not achieved	p Value
Neutrophil count (×109)	3.83 (3.63; 4.02)	5.85 (5.28; 6.42)	0.0001
WBC (×109)	5.86 (5.63; 6.10)	7.91 (7.32; 8.51)	0.0001
MCV	93.2 (92.1; 94.2)	88.8 (87.2; 90.4)	0.0001
Age when Rx given	38.0 (36.4; 39.7)	34.7 (32.0; 37.5)	0.05
Weight (kg)	69.8 (68.1; 71.6)	66.6 (63.6; 69.7)	0.07
Age at diagnosis	31.1 (29.6; 32.7)	28.7 (25.9; 31.4)	0.13
Dose (mg/kg)	1.65 (1.57; 1.74)	1.64 (1.59; 1.68)	0.74
Lymphocyte count (×109)	1.33 (1.26; 1.40)	1.33 (1.15; 1.50)	0.96

WBC, white blood cell count; MCV, mean cell volume.