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Table 3 Spearman rank correlation between TNF-α and clinical/treatment variables

From: Depressive symptoms are associated with tumor necrosis factor alpha in systemic lupus erythematosus

 

Variables

Spearman’s correlation coefficient

p value

 

Clinical

TNF-α

 BDI

0.51

<0.001*

 BAI

0.06

0.45

 SLEDAI

0.28

0.008*

 SDI

−0.18

0.86

Treatment

 Corticosteroids

0.15

0.15

 Chloroquine

−0.06

0.52

 Immunosuppressants

−0.005

0.96

  1. *p < 0.05