Pentraxin 3 Plasma Levels and Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Table 2

Factors associated with plasma PTX3 levels in SLE patients.

Variables	Correlation coefficient	value
Clinical features
Age (years)	0.047	0.80
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.01	0.75
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.10	0.64
BMI (Kg/m^2)	0.11	0.41
Clinical manifestations
Renal involvement	0.61	<0.05
Seizure	0.18	0.71
Severe headache	0.12	0.27
Myositis	−0.18	0.09
Arthritis	0.21	0.27
Malar rash/alopecia	−0.09	<0.05
APS	0.49	<0.05
Retinal vasculitis	0.03	0.59
Anemia	−0.42	<0.05
Lymphopenia	−0.13	0.43
Leukopenia	0.17	0.51
Thrombocytopenia	−0.17	0.41
Laboratory parameters
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.02	0.61
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.12	0.51
LDL-cholesterol	0.12	0.42
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	0.03	<0.05
Serum iron (μg/mL)	−0.41	<0.05
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	0.42	<0.05
C3 (mg/L)	−0.34	0.02
C4 (mg/L)	−0.42	0.002
Anti-dsDNA (IU/mL)	0.14	0.53
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	0.02	0.80
Serum albumin (mg/dL)	−0.57	<0.05
AlbU (mg/dL)	0.61	<0.06
Inflammatory marker
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/h)	0.23	0.09
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)	−0.08	0.84
Fibrinogen (mg/dL)	−0.11	0.41