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Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 6 Correlations between Krebs von den Lungen-6 (U/ml) with different parameters in SSc patients group

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

Parameters

Krebs von den Lungen-6 (U/ml)

rs

P-value

Age (years)

0.121

0.203

Disease duration (years)

0.603

< 0.001**

BMI (wt/(ht)^2)

−0.023

0.903

Esophageal dysmotility

0.289

0.121

Raynaud’s phenomena

0.046

0.808

Digital ulceration

0.478

0.008*

Digital gangerne

0.160

0.398

PAH

0.114

0.550

MRSS

0.451

0.012*

ESR (mm/h)

0.436

0.016*

CRP

0.400

0.028*

AntiANA (IU/ml)

−0.286

0.126

AntiSCL70 (IU/ml)

0.283

0.130

FVC (L)

−0.897

< 0.001**

TLC (L)

−0.794

< 0.001**

DLCO (L)

−0.857

< 0.001**

Medsger severity scale

0.936

< 0.001**

  1. PAH pulmonary arterials hypertension, MRSS modified Rodnan skin score, CRP C-reactive protein, Anti-ANA anti- nuclear antibody, Anti-SCL70 anti-Scleroderma 70 antibody, FVC forced vital capacity, TLC total lung capacity, DLCO diffusion lung carbon dioxide capacity
  2. Using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (rs); P-value > 0.05 NS; *P-value < 0.05 S; **P-value < 0.001 HS
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