Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the patients tested

Patient	Diagnosis	Age/sex	Interstitial pneumonitis	CK^1-150 (IU/l)	LDH^1-150 (IU/l)	Antinuclear antibody	Antibodies to Jo-1	Treatment outcome	RP105 negative B cells (%)
1	DM	44/M	+	198	499	−	−	Dead	31.2
2	DM	47/M	−	333	402	+	−	Alive	35.6
3	DM	45/F	+	78	381	+	−	Alive	27.4
4	DM	27/F	+	99	345	−	−	Alive	40.8
5	DM	42/M	+	231	414	−	−	Alive	39.5
6	DM	70/F	+	452	653	−	−	Dead	23.5
7	DM	45/F	+	120	784	−	−	Dead	20.0
8	PM	66/F	−	2435	496	+	−	Alive	7.1
9	PM	50/M	−	4298	836	−	−	Alive	6.2
10	PM	52/F	−	1504	643	−	−	Alive	2.9
11	PM	62/F	−	555	254	−	−	Alive	4.2
12	PM	68/M	+	2532	522	+	−	Dead^1-151	4.0
13	PM	42/F	+	1224	307	+	−	Alive	4.3
14	PM	29/M	+	8580	659	+	+	Alive	3.6
15	PM	47/M	+	7203	998	+	+	Alive	7.4
16	PM	54/F	+	3841	631	−	−	Alive	7.4
17	PM	48/F	+	1232	454	−	+	Alive	10.5
18	PM	49/M	+	9810	1501	+	−	Alive	3.1

↵1-150 CK = creatine kinase (normal range M = 60–240, F = 40–160); LDH = lactate dehydrogenase (normal range 120–230).
↵1-151 Patient 12 died of alcoholic pancreatits.