Spearman correlation coefficients of the tests among study patients
| Antibody assay | Anti-telomere | Anti-dsDNA (Shield) | Anti-dsDNA (Inova) | RIA | Crithidialuciliae | ANA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All values were significant at the 0.01 level. | ||||||
| ANA, antinuclear antibodies; anti-dsDNA, anti-double-stranded DNA; RIA, radioimmunoassay. | ||||||
| Anti-telomere | 1.000 | 0.720 | 0.650 | 0.604 | 0.273 | 0.360 |
| Anti-dsDNA (Shield) | 1.000 | 0.711 | 0.492 | 0.343 | 0.429 | |
| Anti-dsDNA (Inova) | 1.000 | 0.568 | 0.284 | 0.373 | ||
| RIA | 1.000 | 0.401 | 0.395 | |||
| Crithidia luciliae | 1.000 | 0.213 | ||||
| ANA | 1.000 | |||||