Correlation of Circulating Glucocorticoid-Induced TNFR-Related Protein Ligand Levels with Disease Activity in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Table 2

Correlation between serum GITRL levels laboratory values.

Parameter	Correlation coefficient	𝑃 value
Anti-ds-DNA	0.467	0.021
ESR	0.284	0.048
CRP	−0.164	0.271
C3	−0.423	0.001
C4	−0.256	0.059
IgG	0.161	0.24
IgA	−0.099	0.484
IgM	0.548	0.0001
ANA	0.224	0.093
24-hour urine protein	0.057	0.713

SLEDAI: SLE disease activity index; anti-ds-DNA: anti-double stranded DNA antibody; C3: complement 3; C4: complement 4; CRP: C-reactive protein; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; IgG: immunoglobin G; IgA: immunoglobin A; IgM: immunoglobin M; ANA: antinuclear antibody.