Table 3

Correlations between serum concentrations of soluble adhesion molecules and/or vascular endothelial growth factor and clinical parameters in all patients with rheumatoid arthritis

	sVCAM-1	sE-selectin	VEGF	ESR	CRP	Number of swollen joints	Ritchie index
sICAM-1, soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1; sVCAM-1, soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1; sE-selectin, soluble E-selectin; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP, C reactive protein.
Data expressed as r_s values (correlation coefficient) according to Spearman rank correlation: p<0.05, p<0.01, **p<0.001.
sICAM-1	0.467**	0.388*	0.329*	0.482**	0.414**	0.382*	0.279
sVCAM-1		0.195	0.382*	0.421**	0.388*	0.489**	0.249
sE-selectin			0.256	0.350*	0.102	0.201	0.224
VEGF				0.366*	0.374*	0.378*	0.301
ESR					0.534***	0.713***	0.698***
CRP						0.505***	0.449**
Number of swollen joints							0.788***