Research Article

Laboratory Indicators of Aggrecan Turnover in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Table 3

Correlation analysis between CS, CS846 and catalase, superoxide dismutase, and glutathione peroxidase (Pearson’s correlation coefficients).

ParameterCSCS846
() ()

Control group ()
 CS0.29 (NS)
 CT0.26 (NS)0.21 (NS)
 SOD0.11 (NS)0.19 (NS)
 GPx0.15 (NS)0.30 (NS)
Untreated JIA patients ()
 CS0.67 (0.000)
 CT0.57 (0.001)0.43 (0.011)
 SOD−0.08 (NS)−0.39 (NS)
 GPx−0.25 (NS)0.18 (0.000)
JIA patients after treatment ()
 CS−0.61 (0.000)
 CT0.60 (0.000)0.40 (NS)
 SOD0.23 (NS)0.06 (NS)
 GPx0.40 (0.034)−0.25 (NS)

JIA, juvenile idiopathic arthritis; CS, chondroitin sulfate; CS846, chondroitin sulfate 846 epitope; CT, catalase; SOD, superoxide dismutase; GPx, glutathione peroxidase; NS, not statistically significant.