Table IV. C-reactive protein levels among the genotypic subgroups of genetic models of rs1003854 within patients with rheumatoid arthritis and control subjects.

SNP: Single-nucleotide polymorphism; RA: rheumatoid arthritis; CRP: C-reactive protein; ^agenotype subgroup comparison of CRP levels in patients with RA in each genetic model; ^bPearson correlation of CRP with genotype subgroups of patients with RA in each genetic model; ^cgenotype subgroup comparison of CRP levels in control subjects in each genetic model; ^dPearson correlation of CRP with genotype subgroups of control subjects in each genetic model; *p<0.05, **p<0.01; Clinical parameters are reported as mean±SD.