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Table 5 Serologies of ankylosing spondylitis patients and healthy controls

From: Markers of intestinal inflammation in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a pilot study

 

Healthy controls (all) versus AS patients (all)

 

Median healthy controls (all)

Median AS patients (all)

Pvalue

IgA ASCA (ELISA units)

0.4

0.5

0.737

IgG ASCA (ELISA units)

6.7

6.6

0.597

I2 (ELISA units)

5.7

6

0.685

OmpC (ELISA units)

5.7

6.4

0.473

Cbir1 Fla (ELISA units)

15.9

19.8

0.223

ANCA (ELISA units)

4.3

6.9

0.003

  1. ANCA, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies; AS, ankylosing spondylitis; ASCA, anti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody; CBir1, anti-flagellin; OmpC, anti-Escherichia coli outer membrane porin C.