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. 2020 Apr 14;23(1):26–30. doi: 10.7224/1537-2073.2019-015

Table 2.

Characteristics of patients taking dimethyl fumarate stratified by QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube assay results

Characteristic Indeterminate result (n = 21) Diagnostic result (n = 40) P valuea
Female sex 12 (57.1) 30 (75.0) NSb
Age, y 52.0 [46.5–56.0] 48.0 [39.0–56.8] NSa
Current treatment duration, y 2.4 [1.4–3.1] 2.3 [1.5–3.2] NSa
White blood cell count, K/μL 5.1 [4.4–6.8] 5.3 [4.5–6.6] NSa
Lymphocytes, % 13.3 [10.1–18.5] 23.3 [17.6–28.3] <.0001a
Absolute lymphocyte count,/μL 714 [587–925] 1225 [974–1668] <.0001a
Lymphopenia 17 (81.0) 12 (30.0) <.0003b

Note: Values are given as number (percentage) or median [interquartile range] unless otherwise indicated; interquartile range represented by 25th–75th percentiles.

Abbreviation: NS, not significant.

a

By Wilcoxon rank sum test.

b

By χ2 test.