Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) levels in plasma, CD4/CD8 ratio, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), and haemoglobin in patients with untreated temporal arteritis (TA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR)
| TA (n=33) | PMR (n=27) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Median | Range | Mean | Median | Range | ||
| Plasma MCP-1 (pg/ml) | 391 | 342 | 82–778 | 402 | 356 | 29–1153 | |
| CD4/CD8 | 3.98 | 3.36 | 1.0–12.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 1.2–8.4 | |
| ESR (mm/1st h) | 86 | 89 | 13–145 | 71 | 66 | 2–355 | |
| Haemoglobin (mmol/l) | 6.7 | 6.6 | 5.1–8.0 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 5.0–9.7 | |