Plasma Interleukin-37 Is Elevated in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Its Correlation with Disease Activity and Th1/Th2/Th17-Related Cytokines

Table 2

Correlations between IL-37 and DAS28, CRP, and Th1/Th2/Th17-related cytokines in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

	Coefficient
DAS28	0.348	0.044
CRP	0.196	0.273
TNF-α	0.262	0.148
IL-1β	0.272	0.133
IL-2	0.290	0.108
IL-4	0.362	0.042
IL-5	0.310	0.085
IL-6	0.227	0.212
IL-7	0.526	0.002
IL-8	−0.028	0.878
IL-10	0.395	0.025
IL-12	0.451	0.010
IL-13	0.472	0.006
IL-17	0.096	0.600
G-CSF	0.319	0.075
GM-CSF	0.261	0.149
IFN-γ	0.328	0.067
MCP-1	0.321	0.073
MIP-1β	−0.269	0.137

Pearson’s correlation test was used for statistical analysis. value less than 0.05. value less than 0.01.