Table 2.
Characteristics of the patients
| Parameters | Men | Women | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of subjects n (%) | 11 (20) | 44 (80) | – |
| Age | |||
| Range (median), years | 25–80 (61) | 19–81 (43.5) | 0.12a |
| Body weight | |||
| Range (median), kg | 44–75 (64.2) | 40–71 (50) | <0.05a |
| Disease n (%) | |||
| RA | 7 (63.6) | 14 (31.8) | 0.03b |
| SLE | 4 (36.4) | 30 (68.2) | |
| CYP3A5 n (%) | |||
| *1/*1 | 1 (9.1) | 3 (6.8) | 0.50b |
| *1/*3 | 6 (54.5) | 20 (45.5) | |
| *3/*3 | 4 (36.4) | 21 (47.7) | |
| ABCB1:c.3435T > C n (%) | |||
| CC | 7 (63.6) | 19 (43.2) | 0.09b |
| CT | 4 (36.4) | 13 (29.5) | |
| TT | 0 | 12 (27.3) | |
| ABCB1:c.2677G > T/A n (%) | |||
| GG | 4 (36.4) | 6 (13.6) | 0.08b |
| GT | 3 (27.3) | 10 (22.7) | |
| GA | 3 (27.3) | 7 (15.9) | |
| TA | 1 (9.1) | 8 (18.2) | |
| TT | 0 | 11 (25.0) | |
| AA | 0 | 2 (4.5) | |
aStudent’s t test
b χ 2 test