Descriptive statistics of human cartilage glycoprotein-39 plasma levels in the different groups
| Subject groups | No | Geometric mean (ng/ml) | RSD3-150 (%) | Median (ng/ml) | Duncan3-151grouping |
| RA3-150 | 47 | 38.3 | 112.3 | 31.0 | A |
| IBD3-150 | 24 | 24.8 | 72.0 | 22.5 | B |
| OA3-150 | 47 | 24.7 | 76.6 | 20.6 | B |
| SLE3-150 | 24 | 22.6 | 95.2 | 21.1 | B |
| HC3-150 | 47 | 15.5 | 42.0 | 14.8 | C |
↵3-150 HC = healthy control; RSD = relative standard deviation; RA = rheumatoid arthritis; IBD = inflammatory bowel disease; OA = osteoarthritis; SLE = systemic lupus erythematosus.
↵3-151 Duncan grouping (Duncan's multiple range test): means with the same letter are not significantly different (p>0.05); means with different letters differ significantly (p⩽0.05).