TABLE 5.

Correlations between inflammatory markers and clinical indicators.

Variables	Serum IL-17A	Serum IL-23	Th17 cells (%)	Serum HIF-1α	Serum VEGF
	(r)	(r)	(r)	(r)	(r)
DAS28-CRP	0.78	0.71	0.76	0.74	0.76
DAS28-ESR	0.78	0.71	0.75	0.75	0.77
TJC	0.79	0.70	0.76	0.74	0.73
SJC	0.74	0.65	0.72	0.70	0.68
CRP	0.76	0.71	0.75	0.72	0.74
ESR	0.80	0.71	0.78	0.76	0.78
PtGA	0.74	0.66	0.72	0.72	0.72
PhGA	0.73	0.67	0.71	0.71	0.71
CDAI	0.78	0.69	0.75	0.74	0.73
SDAI	0.78	0.69	0.75	0.74	0.73
HAQ-DI	0.86	0.77	0.76	0.77	0.80
NLR	0.77	0.67	0.82	0.78	0.64
PLR	0.51	0.50	0.54	0.46	0.40
LMR	−0.57	−0.51	−0.53	−0.57	−0.43
SII	0.85	0.76	0.86	0.83	0.73
SIRI	0.83	0.76	0.82	0.84	0.72

For all correlations p < 0.01.