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Table 5 Comparison of albumin, fibrinogen, and FAR according to activity in all studied cases

From: Serum fibrinogen to albumin ratio in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: correlation with disease activity and severity

 

Remission

Active

P value

N = 10

N = 20

Albumin level

Mean ± SD

3.8

0.2

3.6

0.1

0.002

Fibrinogen level

Mean ± SD

328.1

24.8

372.0

20.1

< 0.001

FAR

Mean ± SD

85.8

5.9

102.1

6.9

< 0.001

  1. The Student t test was used for comparison
  2. P ≤ 0.05: significant; P ≤0.01: highly significant
  3. SD Standard deviation, FAR Fibrinogen/albumin ratio