The Role of Long Pentraxin 3 and Nuclear Factor Kappa Beta in Vitiligo Occurrence and Disease Severity

Table 1

Comparison of long PTX3, NF-kB, and demographic findings of both groups.

	Vitiligo (n = 27)	Control (n = 27)	values
Age (years)	39.7 ± 4,11	38.5 ± 3.59	0.12
BMI (kg/m^2)	26.8 ± 5.30	26.1 ± 3.98	0.40
Gender (female or male)	F: 11	F: 11	0.35
	M: 16	M: 16
Active progressive phase	11	—	NA
Slow progressive phase	16	—	NA
Long pentraxin 3 (ng/ml)	8.21 ± 2.11	6.76 ± 1.90	<0.03
NF-kB (ng/ml)	15.03 ± 3.45	12.19 ± 4.20	<0.01
	Active progressive	Slow progressive
Long pentraxin 3 (ng/ml)	9.56 ± 3.20	7.10 ± 1.90	<0.01
NF-kB (ng/ml)	17.3 ± 3.09	11.9 ± 2.07	<0.01

Results are given as Mean ± SD.  < .05 was considered significant. NA: not applicable. BMI: body mass index.