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. 2018 May 18;32(10):1710–1727. doi: 10.1111/jdv.15019

Table 7.

Changes in safety laboratory values of relevant blood parameters in patients with psoriasis by treatment group within a period of 3 years; total number of patients with available data at baseline = 551

Baseline Month 3 Month 6 Month 12 Month 24 Month 36
Mean ± SD [cells/μL] Changea [%] P‐valuea Changea [%] P‐valuea Changea [%] P‐valuea Changea [%] P‐valuea Changea [%] P‐valuea
FAE monotherapy, n 390 365 329 269 156 99
Leucocytes 7314.0 ± 2207.3 −5.4 0.006 −13.0 <0.0001 −18.5 <0.0001 −16.4 <0.0001 −15.9 <0.0001
Lymphocytes 2005.3 ± 693.6 −19.4 <0.0001 −35.9 <0.0001 −40.3 <0.0001 −39.2 <0.0001 −42.8 <0.0001
Eosinophils 203.1 ± 175.5 176.8 <0.0001 33.4 0.0004 8.8 0.23 2.7 0.67 8.6 0.36
Platelets 261482.1 ± 79304.4 −3.5 0.0002 −4.6 <0.0001 −4.6 <0.0001 −4.4 0.002 −6.8 0.0006
FAEs + phototherapy, n 83 72 62 55 32 11
Leucocytes 7512.3 ± 2167.8 −13.8 <0.0001 −17.9 <0.0001 −22.6 <0.0001 −21.6 <0.0001 −18.6 0.02
Lymphocytes 1887.5 ± 618.9 −21.1 <0.0001 −35.9 <0.0001 −42.2 <0.0001 −36.2 <0.0001 −34.1 0.007
Eosinophils 194.9 ± 167.0 95.7 0.0006 16.1 0.24 3.8 0.77 −1.3 0.88 30.5 0.27
Platelets 245867.5 ± 62151.2 −2.6 0.10 −5.8 0.0002 −7.4 0.0002 −6.2 0.02 −9.5 0.06
FAEs + MTX, n 78 67 67 56 45 35
Leucocytes 8187.1 ± 2429.0 −14.0 <0.0001 −17.5 <0.0001 −18.7 <0.0001 −22.9 <0.0001 −19.9 0.0002
Lymphocytes 2056.4 ± 744.6 −20.2 0.0002 −32.8 <0.0001 −36.8 <0.0001 −32.9 <0.0001 −36.9 <0.0001
Eosinophils 212.8 ± 156.1 103.2 0.006 24.5 0.15 −4.5 0.67 1.6 0.88 −15.6 0.05
Platelets 258730.8 ± 75548.3 −4.4 0.02 −7.4 <0.0001 −8.8 <0.0001 −7.8 0.0007 −8.5 0.0007

FAEs, fumaric acid esters; phototherapy, ultraviolet A, ultraviolet B or psoralen + ultraviolet A; MTX, methotrexate; n, number of patients with available data; SD, standard deviation. Normal ranges: leucocytes = 4600−9500/μL, lymphocytes = 1000−4050/μL, eosinophils = 40−360/μL, platelets = 150 000−400 000/μL, SGOT = 10−50 IU/L, SGPT = 10−50 IU/L, GGT = 10−71 IU/L, serum creatinine = 0.70−1.20 mg/dL.

a

P‐value derived from one‐sample t‐test.

Mean percentage change from baseline