MMP8 Is Increased in Lesions and Blood of Acne Inversa Patients: A Potential Link to Skin Destruction and Metabolic Alterations

Table 1

MMP8 blood levels positively correlate with AI activity.

	Sartorius score	Number of affected areas with infl. nodes	Number of affected areas with fistulas	Number of affected areas with scars	Duration of AI
Spearman’s correlation coefficient	0.454	0.514	0.486	−0.025	0.103
value	0.039	0.017	0.026	0.913	0.666

MMP8 levels were quantified by ELISA in blood from 21 AI patients and were correlated with disease activity measures and duration of AI collected from the same patients. The correlation coefficients and values from Spearman’s correlation analysis are given.