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The Usefulness of Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecules and Anti-C1q Antibody in Monitoring Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity

Table 4

Correlations of ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and anti-C1q antibody with standard SLE disease activity immunological markers.
Variables Anti-dsDNA
 Serum C3
 Serum C4
value value value
ICAM-10.0940.259−0.0410.6260.0800.338
VCAM-10.2260.006−0.1830.028−0.2510.002
Anti-C1q0.511<0.001−0.420<0.001−0.398<0.001
Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, level of significance is .
bPearson’s correlation coefficient, level of significance is .