Table 3.

A Comparison of the Serum Concentrations of IL-6 Family Cytokines among the Groups Divided Based on DAS28

DAS28, disease activity score 28; IL, interleukin; LIF, leukemia inhibitory factor.

Remission group, DAS28 ≤ 2.6; mild disease activity group, 2.6 < DAS28 ≤ 3.2; moderate disease activity group, 3.2 < DAS28 ≤ 5.1; severe disease activity group, 5.1 < DAS28.

^*Tukey's post-hoc analysis was used.

^†The same letters indicate non-significant difference between groups based on Tukey's multiple comparison test.