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Table 2 Baseline surfactant protein D in serum (ng/ml) in smokers and non-smokers and according to gender in patients and controls

From: Circulating surfactant protein -D is low and correlates negatively with systemic inflammation in early, untreated rheumatoid arthritis

 

RA-patients

Controls

Men

760 (665;1059)

967 (921;1024)

Women

674 (613;759)

852 (818;902)

P-value*

0.09

< 0.001

Smokers

850 (686;1014)

(n = 57)

1187 (1099;1293) (n = 482)

Non-smokers

671 (604;738)

(n = 101)

827 (802;852) (n = 991)

P-value*

0.03

< 0.001

  1. Median [95% CI], *Mann-Whitney U-test
  2. RA, rheumatoid arthritis
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

ISSN: 1478-6362

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