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Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 4 Comparison of three groups based on Krebs von den Lungen-6 (U/ml) levels

From: Significance of serum Krebs von den Lungen-6 in systemic sclerosis

Krebs von den Lungen-6 (U/ml)

Patients group (n = 30)

Dermatomyositis group (n = 15)

Healthy control group (n = 15)

Test value

P-vlue

Median (IQR)

447.95A (145.68–817.98)

158.80B (130.00–730.70)

48.10C (39.50–103.90)

32.796

< 0.001**

Range

57.7–857.4

105.6–844

16.7–116.7

  1. Kruskal–Wallis was performed for median (IQR) interquartile range and multiple comparisons between groups through the Mann-Whitney test
  2. Different capital letters indicate significant differences at (P < 0.05) among means in the same row
  3. **P-value < 0.001 is highly significant
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