TABLE 1.
Patients and controls studied
Subjects | No. of females | No. of males | Median age (years) | Age range (years) | Total no. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients | |||||
Children with CMC | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1-11 | 16 |
Adults with CMC | 7 | 1 | 35 | 18-50 | 8 |
Total | 12 | 12 | NAa | NA | 24b |
Controls | |||||
Children | 11 | 23 | 7.5 | 1-17 | 34 |
Adults | 7 | 9 | 28 | 21-46 | 16 |
Total | 18 | 32 | NA | NA | 50 |
NA, not applicable.
Because of limited quantities of blood samples not all cytokines were assessed for each patient in all cases; the smallest number of CMC patients in a group was 13.