Introduction
Materials and methods
Materials
JIA patients
Control group
Sample collection
Methods
Determination of transferrin isoforms
Statistical analysis
Results
JIA N = 25 | Control group N = 22 |
P
| |
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ESR (mm/h) | 23 2–95 | 3 2–17 | < 0.001 |
CRP (mg/L) | 3.99 0.13–71 | 0.53 0.06–5.7 | 0.005 |
RF (IU/mL) | 10 6.7–92.9 | 9.55 7.4–12.2 | 0.920 |
RBC (106/µL) | 4.4 3.86–5.64 | 4.9 4.14–6.2 | 0.007 |
HGB (g/dL) | 11.7 9.5–14.4 | 13.3 11.3–17.7 | < 0.001 |
HCT (%) | 35.6 31.2–43.2 | 39.25 34.2–50.6 | 0.002 |
MCV (fL) | 78.6 61.7–89.1 | 79.65 73.5–88.9 | 0.977 |
MCH (pg) | 26.1 18.8–30.0 | 27.35 24.8–29.3 | 0.106 |
MCHC (g/dL) | 33.3 30.4–34.5 | 34.25 31.6–35.9 | 0.001 |
WBC (103/µL) | 8.06 3.45–23.72 | 6.55 4.47–11.93 | 0.100 |
PLT (103/µL) | 351 178–1033 | 279.5 126–475 | 0.009 |
JADAS 27 | 9.40 0.2–51.0 | – | |
CHAQ | 0.89 0.02–2.69 | – | |
VAS | 3.60 0.2–10 | – |
Disialotransferrin (%) | Trisialotransferrin (%) | Tetrasialotransferrin (%) | Pentasialotransferrin (%) | |
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Control group N = 22 | 0.6 0.3–1.0 | 2.85 0.9–7.2 | 84.45 79.8–87.4 | 11.55 9.7–16.1 |
JIA N = 25 | 0.7 0.4–2.1 | 2.5 0.6–4.8 | 82.6 68.8–99.5 | 14.0 0.5–31.2 |
P = 0.146 | P = 0.346 | P = 0.032* | P = 0.020* |
Disialotransferrin (%) | Trisialotransferrin (%) | Tetrasialotransferrin (%) | Pentasialotranferrin (%) | |
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ESR (mm/h) | R = 0.493 P = 0.017 | R = − 0.546 P = 0.007 | R = − 0.436 P = 0.029 | R = 0.533 P = 0.006 |
CRP (mg/L) | R = 0.850 P < 0.001 | R = − 0.515 P = 0.049 | R = − 0.504 P = 0.039 | R = 0.491 P = 0.045 |
RF (IU/mL) | R = 0.383 P = 0.309 | R = − 0.517 P = 0.154 | R = 0.009 P = 0.979 | R = 0.158 P = 0.639 |
RBC (106/µL) | R = 0.621 P = 0.013 | R = − 0.154 P = 0.584 | R = − 0.390 P = 0.121 | R = 0.439 P = 0.078 |
HGB (g/dL) | R = − 0.001 P = 0.997 | R = 0.291 P = 0.292 | R = 0.162 P = 0.534 | R = − 0.136 P = 0.602 |
HCT (%) | R = 0.028 P = 0.920 | R = 0.328 P = 0.233 | R = 0.037 P = 0.888 | R = − 0.038 P = 0.885 |
MCV (fL) | R = − 0.418 P = 0.121 | R = 0.302 P = 0.273 | R = 0.412 P = 0.100 | R = − 0.458 P = 0.065 |
MCH (pg) | R = − 0.440 P = 0.100 | R = 0.242 P = 0.385 | R = 0.489 P = 0.046 | R = − 0.497 P = 0.042 |
MCHC (g/dL) | R = − 0.329 P = 0.231 | R = 0.119 P = 0.672 | R = 0.583 P = 0.014 | R = − 0.503 P = 0.039 |
WBC (103/µL) | R = 0.624 P = 0.013 | R = − 0.451 P = 0.092 | R = − 0.463 P = 0.061 | R = 0.482 P = 0.050 |
PLT (103/µL) | R = 0.807 P < 0.001 | R = − 0.581 P = 0.023 | R = − 0.402 P = 0.110 | R = 0.487 P = 0.047 |
JADAS 27 | R = 0.239 P = 0.272 | R = − 0.355 P = 0.097 | R = − 0.301 P = 0.143 | R = 0.318 P = 0.121 |
CHAQ | R = 0.140 P = 0.524 | R = − 0.323 P = 0.132 | R = − 0.263 P = 0.204 | R = 0.300 P = 0.144 |
VAS | R = 0.104 P = 0.637 | R = − 0.343 P = 0.109 | R = − 0.159 P = 0.448 | R = 0.207 P = 0.322 |