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Table 1 Comparison of demographic, clinical and immunological data of SIgAD patients with severe and mild phenotypes

From: B cells and T cells abnormalities in patients with selective IgA deficiency

Parameter

All patients (n = 30)

Severe (n = 12)

Mild (n = 18)

p-value

Age, year (IQR)

11 (7.3–16)

14 (6.3–34.5)

10 (7.7–14.2)

0.27

Age of onset, year (IQR)

4 (2–8.75)

8 (3–26)

3 (1.1–5.5)

0.05

Age of diagnosis, year (IQR)

8 (5.5–13.7)

9 (8–26)

8 (3.5–9)

0.06

Diagnostic delay, year (IQR)

2 (1.1–4.7)

3 (1–5)

0.9 (2–4.7)

0.8

Sex (Male/Female)

23/7

9/3

14/4

1.0

Lymphocytes, cell/ul (IQR)

4495 (3175–6325)

3650 (2300–5550)

4650 (4100–6725)

0.059

Lymphocytes % of leukocytes (IQR)

62 (43–77)

43 (39–58)

70 (55–78)

0.61

Neutrophil % of leukocytes (IQR)

45(37–56.5)

52.7 (46–63.7)

42.5 (32–51.5)

0.04

CD3% of lymphocytes (IQR)

60 (53–67)

53 (50.2- 63)

65 (57–70)

0.08

CD4% of lymphocytes (IQR)

35.5 (31–40.7)

33.5 (31.5–40.7)

36 (34–40.5)

0.38

CD8% of lymphocytes (IQR)

25 (19.7–30.5)

17.5 (16.2–20.2)

26 (22–31)

0.02

CD19% of lymphocytes (IQR)

16 (11.5–29.5)

15.5 (8.2–32.5)

16 (13.5–23)

0.81

IgG, mg/dl (IQR)

1380 (1006–1680)

1630 (1180–1931)

1216 (793–1534)

0.22

IgA, mg/dl (IQR)

0.5 (0–4.5)

2 (0–5.5)

0.3 (0–4.0)

0.77

IgM, mg/dl (IQR)

62.5 (59–119)

80 (118–175)

59.5 (49–92)

0.03

IgE, IU/ml (IQR)

43 (12.7–87)

32.5 (2.5–180)

49.5 (16.5–75)

0.84

  1. IQR: Range with 25th percentile and 75th percentile; N: number. P < 0.05 were considered significant. Since the ages of the two groups of patients at diagnosis and at the time of the study were not significantly different, age was not a confounding factor in comparing clinical symptoms