Table 2.
Correlations of demographical, clinical and laboratory factors with endogenous DNA damage and Type-I interferon scores and in patients with Psoriatic Arthritis.
| Characteristics | DNA damage score | Type-I Interferon score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | p-value | r | p-value | |
| Age | 0.225 | 0.156 | 0.057 | 0.689 |
| BMI | 0.053 | 0.710 | -0.430 | 0.001 |
| Disease duration | 0.098 | 0.489 | 0.145 | 0.306 |
| DAPSA | 0.078 | 0.588 | 0.092 | 0.524 |
| BSA | -0.100 | 0.479 | 0.268 | 0.05 |
| ESR | -0.001 | 0.996 | 0.163 | 0.263 |
| CRP | 0.354 | 0.012 | -0.090 | 0.534 |
Statistically significant values are noted with bold fonts.
BMI, body mass index; BSA, body surface area; DAPSA, disease activity in psoriatic arthritis; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP, C-reactive protein.