Significant correlations (r) between serum interleukin-6 levels and activity indicators of rheumatoid arthritis at basleine (day 0) and Δ changes after low dose glucocoorticoid treatment (LDGT) (day 5)1-150
| Clinical or laboratory features |
Baseline (day 0) pre-LDGT (n=26) | Δ changes after LDGT (day 5) | ||||||
|
2.00 am dosing (n=13) | 7.30 am dosing (n=13) | |||||||
| r | P value | r | P value | r | P value | |||
| Age | 0.38 | < 0.05 | ||||||
| Morning stiffness | 0.5 | < 0.01 | ||||||
| Ritchie Index | 0.67 | < 0.05 | ||||||
| CRP | 0.6 | < 0.01 | 0.74 | < 0.01 | 0.62 | < 0.05 | ||
| SAA | 0.6 | < 0.001 | 0.84 | < 0.001 | ||||
↵1-150 Assessments as 7:30. CRP, C reactive protein; SAA, serum anyloid-A protein