Systemic cytokines and GlycA discriminate disease status and predict corticosteroid response in HTLV-1-associated neuroinflammation

Table 1 Principal characteristics of study participants (AS vs. HAM/TSP)

Variables	Asymptomatics (n = 67)	HAM/TSP (n = 43)	P value^a
Gender n (%)			0.24
Male	20 (30.8)	14 (31.1)
Female	47 (68.2)	29 (68.9)
Age (years) in entry of cohort^b
Median (± SD)	51 (13)	48 (13)	0.40
Time Follow-up (years)
Median (± SD)	8.6 (5.7)	8.6 (3.7)	0.37
Range (min–max)	1.5–20.8	1.5–18.6
HTLV-1 Proviral Load^c
Median (95% CI)	3845 (839–18,953)	28,184 (14,464–53,864)	0.0007

^aStatistical tests: chi-square for categorical variables, Mann–Whitney test for numerical variables
^bAge missing for 1 HAM/TSP
^cHTLV-1 DNA copies/10⁶ PBMCs, proviral load missing for 10 AS and 4 HAM/TSP

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