Correlations of Expression Levels of a Panel of Genes (IRF5, STAT4, TNFSF4, MECP2, and TLR7) and Cytokine Levels (IL-2, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12, IFN-γ, and TNF-α) with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Outcomes in Jordanian Patients

Table 3

Correlations between studied genes. Correlations were performed using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.

Gene	R&P	STAT (α)	STAT (β)	MECP2 (α)	MECP2 (β)	TNFSF4	TLR7
IRF5	R	0.497	0.577	0.669	0.375	0.628	0.725
		0.000	0.000	0.000	0.007	0.000	0.000
STAT (α)	R		0.676	0.539	0.424	0.588	0.558
			0.000	0.000	0.002	0.000	0.000
STAT (β)	R			0.702	0.339	0.660	0.687
				0.000	0.015	0.000	0.000
MECP2 (α)	R				0.466	0.689	0.789
					0.001	0.000	0.000
MECP2 (β)	R					0.411	0.601
						0.003	0.000
TNFSF4	R						0.741
							0.000

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).