Elevated Serum Levels of Soluble CD30 in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients and Its Association with Disease Severity-Related Parameters

Table 2

Correlations between clinical and laboratory values in AS patients.

	BASDAI; ()	ASDAS; ()	BASFI; ()	ESR (mm/h); ()	CRP (mg/L); ()
Serum sCD30 (ng/mL)	−0.11	0.02	−0.21	0.17	0.15
ESR (mm/h)	0.3	0.6	0.3	—	0.7
CRP (mg/L)	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.7	—

AS: ankylosing spondylitis; BASDAI: bath AS disease activity index; ASDAS: ankylosing spondylitis disease activity score; BASFI: bath AS functional index; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; : correlation coefficient.
< 0.05; < 0.01.