Table 3

Baseline demographic and serum concentration of chemokines in RA patients and control group.

RA, n = 28Controls, n = 40
Age, yrs (mean ± SD)49 ± 1338 ±9
Sex (female/male)26/239/1
Serum chemokines, pg/ml
CXCL102255.7 (1430.7–4196.1)737 (597–864)*
CCL255.8 (30.1–106.0)33.5 (22.3–47.1)
CXCL93062.0 (1245.7–4899.0)203 (159–250)*
CXCL817.9 (13.1–25.7)5.2 (3.7–8.9)*
CCL57899.8 (5398.6–9036.9)612 (356–1843)†

  • Data are expressed as median (interquartile range).

  • ↵† p < 0.05,

  • ↵* p < 0.005.