Spearman's rank test | Spearman partial correlation* | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
r | p Value | R | p Value | |
Stimulated salivary flow | −0.240 | 0.039 | −0.255 | 0.060 |
Focus score | 0.287 | 0.020 | 0.28 | 0.022 |
β2-microglobulin | 0.348 | 0.002 | 0.23 | 0.048 |
RF | 0.443 | <0.0001 | 0.34 | 0.003 |
IgM | 0.318 | 0.005 | 0.28 | 0.014 |
IgG | 0.320 | 0.004 |
All variables are presented as continuous data.
*Adjusted for IgG, age, and disease duration. Focus score indicates the number of proinflammatory foci containing >50 mononuclear cells per 4 mm2 biopsy tissue.
Anti-CarP, autoantibodies against carbamylated proteins; RF, rheumatoid factor.