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Table 1 Correlations between baseline serum biomarker levels and baseline ASDAS

From: Serum biomarkers and changes in clinical/MRI evidence of golimumab-treated patients with ankylosing spondylitis: results of the randomized, placebo-controlled GO-RAISE study

 

Baseline ASDAS Spearman correlation coefficient (r s)

Baseline serum biomarker

Patients (n)

r s

Bonferroni-adjusted p value

IL-6

132

0.59

0.000

ICAM-1

139

0.39

0.011

C3

98

0.53

0.000

CRP

98

0.66

0.000

Haptoglobin

98

0.46

0.010

Serum amyloid-P

98

0.50

0.001

  1. Abbreviations: ASDAS Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score employing C-reactive protein, CRP C-reactive protein, C3 Complement component 3, ICAM-1 Intracellular adhesion molecule-1, IL Interleukin