Serum levels of immunological and inflammatory markers at baseline and after five years’ follow up in the 78 patients with SLE
| Markers | Baseline | 5 Year follow up | p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | (95% CI) | Mean (SD) | (95% CI) | ||
| Anti-oxPAPC, anti-oxidised palmitoyl arachidonoyl phosphocholine antibody; anti-HSP65, anti-heat shock protein 65 antibody; anti-β2GPI, anti-β2-glycoprotein I antibody; CRP, C reactive protein. | |||||
| Anti-oxPAPC (U/ml) | 15.3 (31.2) | (8.3–22.3) | 5.1 (8.0) | (3.3–6.9) | 0.004 |
| Anti-HSP65 (U/ml) | 32.9 (15.7) | (29.3–36.4) | 18.5 (4.3) | (17.5–19.5) | <0.0005 |
| Anti-β2GPI (U/ml) | 22.2 (29.2) | (15.6–28.8) | 18.8 (35.1) | (10.9–26.7) | NS |
| CRP (mg/l) | 22 (57) | (9–35) | 20 (54) | (8–32) | NS |