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Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 4 Correlation between KL-6 serum level with demographic and laboratory data in patients group (n = 30)

From: KL-6 in adult polymyositis and dermatomyositis patients and its correlation with interstitial lung disease

 

KL-6

 

rs

P

Duration of disease (years)

 − 0.820

 < 0.001*

CPK(U/L)

0.897

 < 0.001*

LDH (U/L)

 − 0.228

0.111

ALT (U/L)

0.894

 < 0.001*

AST (U/L)

0.975

 < 0.001*

ESR (mm/h)

0.846

 < 0.001*

CRP (Mg/L)

0.918

 < 0.001*

ANA (IU/ML)

U test

 < .391

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Anti-Jo-1 (AU/ML)

115.0*

 < 0.001*

  1. KL-6 Von den Lugen-6, CPK Creatinine phosphokinase, LDH Lactate, ALT Alanine aminotransferase, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, ESR Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reactive protein, ANA Antinuclear antibody, anti-Jo-1 anti synthetase ab
  2. rs, *Spearman correlation coefficient (rho)
  3. Bold values are significant at p < 0.05
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