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

Table 3

Correlation between levels of serum markers and SLEDAI score in SLE patients.

Variables	SLEDAI (score),
		value
Anti-dsDNA (titer)	0.529^a	<0.001
Serum C3 (g/L)	−0.312^b	0.002
Serum C4 (g/L)	−0.382^a	<0.001
ICAM-1 (ng/mL)	0.192^a	0.062
VCAM-1 (ng/mL)	0.294^a	0.004
Anti-C1q (U/mL)	0.559^a	<0.001

Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, level of significance is .
^bPearson’s correlation coefficient, level of significance is .