Increased Interleukin-17F is Associated with Elevated Autoantibody Levels and More Clinically Relevant Than Interleukin-17A in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome

Table 2

Correlation of serum IL-17F and IL-17A with clinical and laboratory features of pSS patients.

Clinical manifestations and laboratory features	IL-17F		IL-17A
	Spearman		Spearman
WBC	−0.146	0.129	−0.135	0.162
Neutrophils	−0.116	0.23	−0.086	0.376
RBC	0.056	0.561	−0.029	0.765
Hb	0.01	0.918	−0.067	0.491
PLT	0.062	0.521	0.039	0.686
IgA	0.015	0.88	−0.055	0.572
IgG	0.226	0.018	−0.039	0.684
IgM	0.215	0.025	0.107	0.27
C3	−0.284	0.003	−0.304	0.001
C4	−0.235	0.014	−0.179	0.064
ESR	−0.054	0.574	0.035	0.72
RF	0.481	<0.001	0.234	0.015
Anti-SSA	0.236	0.014	−0.056	0.565
Anti-SSB	0.039	0.691	−0.148	0.125