The Relationship between Plasma Pentraxin 3 and Serum Amyloid P Levels and Disease Activity in Ankylosing Spondylitis

Table 2

The correlation between pentraxin 3 and serum amyloid P levels and disease activity scores and acute phase reactants.

		ESR	CRP	BASDAI	ASDAS-CRP
PTX3	r	0.050	0.220	−0.088	0.053
		0.621	0.028	0.382	0.603
SAP	r	−0.023	−0.116	−0.170	−0.154
		0.818	0.249	0.092	0.125

PTX3: pentraxin 3, SAP: serum amyloid P, ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP: C-reactive protein, BASDAI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, ASDAS: ankylosing spondylitis disease activity score, and r: Spearman’s correlation coefficient.