Expression of TNF-α, April and BCMA in Behcet’s Disease

Table 2

Laboratory data of patients and controls.

	Cases		Controls		value
	Range	Mean ± standard deviation	Range	Mean ± standard deviation
ESR (mm/hr)	3–100	30.8 ± 26.5	2–10	6.3 ± 2.56	0.001
hs-CRP (ug/dL)	1.7–30	14.3 ± 10.4	1.11–10.4	4.9 ± 3.15	0.001
TNF- (pg/dL)	2.3–58.9	31 ± 16.8	1.4–13.9	5.08 ± 3.19	0.001
APRIL (ng/mL)	1.64–20.8	8.69 ± 4.9	1.02–6.04	3.13 ± 1.52	0.001
BAFF (Pg/mL)	177–914.9	391.83 ± 145.55	109–398	243.6 ± 81.16	0.001
BCMA (ng/mL)	1.04–27.1	14.1 ± 6.6	1–3.89	2.06 ± 0.71	0.001

ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, hs-CRP: highly sensitive C-reactive protein, TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor alpha, BCMA: C cell maturation antigen, APRIL: a proliferation inducing ligand, and BAFF: B cell activation factor.