Prolactin May Not Play a Role in Primary Antiphospholipid (Hughes') Syndrome

Table 1

Demographic characteristics, anthropometric measures, PRL levels, and inflammatory markers in patients with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (pAPS) and controls.

	pAPS	Controls	𝑃
	𝑁=55	𝑁=41
Age, years	42.03±11.63	37.37±11.81	.053
Female gender, 𝑛 (%)	47 (85.5)	35 (85.4)	1.00
Caucasian race, 𝑛 (%)	49 (89.1)	34 (82.9)	.548
Disease duration, months	93.13±61.96	—	—
Weight, kg	74.54±19.99	63.45±8.68	.0009
Height, cm	155.53±33.32	154.09±34.94	.830
BMI, kg/cm^2	29.2±7.32	28.9±7.85	.0065
Waist, cm	90.63±16.74	81.83±8.14	.0022
PRL levels, ng/mL	8.94±7.02	8.71±6.73	.876
HPRL, 𝑛 (%)	5 (9.0)	5 (12.1)	.740
CRP, mg/L	4.52±4.67	2.15±2.60	.0063
ESR, mm/1st hour	13.81±13.33	5.92±4.30	.0006

Data are presented as means ± standard deviations or percentages; 𝑡-tests and chi-square tests were used.