Research Article
Pentraxin 3 Plasma Levels and Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Table 2
Factors associated with plasma PTX3 levels in SLE patients.
| Variables | Correlation coefficient | value |
| Clinical features | | | Age (years) | 0.047 | 0.80 | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 0.01 | 0.75 | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 0.10 | 0.64 | BMI (Kg/m2) | 0.11 | 0.41 | Clinical manifestations | | | Renal involvement | 0.61 | <0.05 | Seizure | 0.18 | 0.71 | Severe headache | 0.12 | 0.27 | Myositis | −0.18 | 0.09 | Arthritis | 0.21 | 0.27 | Malar rash/alopecia | −0.09 | <0.05 | APS | 0.49 | <0.05 | Retinal vasculitis | 0.03 | 0.59 | Anemia | −0.42 | <0.05 | Lymphopenia | −0.13 | 0.43 | Leukopenia | 0.17 | 0.51 | Thrombocytopenia | −0.17 | 0.41 | Laboratory parameters | | | Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 0.02 | 0.61 | HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | 0.12 | 0.51 | LDL-cholesterol | 0.12 | 0.42 | Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 0.03 | <0.05 | Serum iron (μg/mL) | −0.41 | <0.05 | Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 0.42 | <0.05 | C3 (mg/L) | −0.34 | 0.02 | C4 (mg/L) | −0.42 | 0.002 | Anti-dsDNA (IU/mL) | 0.14 | 0.53 | Serum creatinine (mg/dL) | 0.02 | 0.80 | Serum albumin (mg/dL) | −0.57 | <0.05 | AlbU (mg/dL) | 0.61 | <0.06 | Inflammatory marker | | | Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/h) | 0.23 | 0.09 | C-reactive protein (mg/dL) | −0.08 | 0.84 | Fibrinogen (mg/dL) | −0.11 | 0.41 |
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