Table 4.

Relationship between plasma CRP protein level and Mini-COPE and PSS-10 questionnaire scores among total RA patients and by gender (n = 84)

CRP [mg/L]	Patients with RA n = 84		Women n = 63		Men n = 21
	rhoa	pb	rho	p	rho	p
PSS-10	0.063	0.570	0.012	0.927	0.399	0.073
Mini-COPE
Active coping	− 0.024	0.827	− 0.002	0.987	− 0.355	0.114
Planning	− 0.097	0.383	− 0.094	0.468	− 0.266	0.243
Positive re-evaluation	− 0.037	0.736	0.012	0.926	− 0.112	0.629
Acceptance	− 0.031	0.781	− 0.054	0.676	− 0.032	0.890
Sense of humour	0.067	0.547	0.029	0.820	− 0.034	0.883
Turning to religion	0.040	0.719	0.015	0.906	0.175	0.449
Seeking emotional support	0.095	0.394	0.235	0.066	− 0.259	0.257
Seeking instrumental support	− 0.30	0.787	0.018	0.889	− 0.027	0.909
Dealing with something else	− 0.068	0.541	− 0.119	0.357	0.176	0.445
Denial	0.283	0.009	0.358	0.004	0.144	0.532
Discharge	0.019	0.862	− 0.008	0.951	0.256	0.263
Use of psychoactive substances	− 0.075	0.502	− 0.333	0.008	0.075	0.746
Cessation of activities	− 0.089	0.426	− 0.051	0.693	− 0.051	0.828
Blaming oneself	0.016	0.886	0.049	0.706	− 0.185	0.423

PSS-10 Perceived stress scale, Mini-COPE Inventory for the measurement of coping with stress, CRP C-reactive protein

^aSpearman correlation coefficient

^bp for Spearman’s rank-order correlation