Table 3.

Correlations of HMGB1, IL-23, IL-17, and clinical index in the serum of active RA patients.

	HMGB1 (pg/mL)		IL-23 (pg/mL)		IL-17 (pg/mL)
	r	P	r	P	r	P
Age	0.122	0.410	0.065	0.660	0.007	0.965
CRP (mg/dL)	0.894	0.000#	0.405	0.004#	0.454	0.001#
ESC (mm/h)	0.817	0.000#	0.328	0.02*	0.371	0.009#
RF (IU/mL)	0.707	0.000#	0.325	0.024*	0.370	0.010#

*P  <  0.05, ^# P  <  0.01 compared with healthy control.