Table 3 Comparison of serum cytokines among patient groups according to disease activity based on DAS28-CRP
From: Serum IGF-1 in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: correlation with disease activity
Serum cytokines | Low disease activity (n = 35) | Moderate disease activity (n = 23) | High disease activity (n = 22) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
IGF-1 (pg/ml) | 153.070 (98.480, 311.705) | 221.250 (110.138, 470.130) | 245.990 (191.280, 401.430) | 0.036 |
IGFBP-3 (pg/ml) | 5563.720 (5068.687, 6101.353) | 5732.090 (5286.497, 6142.102) | 5706.875 (5227.440, 6868.740) | 0.587 |
TNF-α (pg/ml) | 5.989 (2.821, 13.163) | 7.800 (4.736, 12.814) | 10.098 (4.945, 13.580) | 0.425 |
IL-1 (pg/ml) | 2.189 (1.844, 2.951) | 2.410 (2.016, 3.074) | 2.557 (2.167, 3.086) | 0.167 |
IL-6 (pg/ml) | 2.547 (1.739, 4.286) | 4.447 (3.578, 15.119) | 33.513 (6.752, 58.346) | < 0.001 |