Table 1.
Demographic data and results of Quantiferon and CD4+/CD8+ counts in patients receiving TCZ.
| TCZ (N) | Mean age (±SD) | Sex (N) |
T cell (median)* |
Quantiferon N (%) |
Exitus (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | CD4+ | CD8+ | Pos | Neg | Ind | ||||
| ICU admitted | 72 | 59.3 (±22.6) | 46 | 26 | 293 | 129 | 2 (6) | 20 (59) | 12 (35) | 22 (30) |
| Non ICU | 118 | 60.0 (±10.6) | 79 | 39 | 347 | 191 | 2 (3) | 47 (55) | 35 (41) | 7 (6) |
| Total | 190 | 59.7 (±19.6) | 125 | 65 | 321 | 171 | 4 (3.4) | 67 (56.3) | 48 (40.3) | 29 (15) |
Glossary: ICU = Intensive Care Unit; N = cases; M = male; F = female; Pos = Positive; Neg = Negative; Ind = Indeterminate. *P value non significant between ICU and non ICU (>0.05).