Table 2.

Correlations between serum levels of resistin and disease activity in patients with inflammatory myopathies.

		IIM			Myositis		DM
Parameter	Correlation	all	Jo-1 +	Jo-1-	pure	overlap
MYOACT	r	0.382	0.789	0.283	0.866	0.387	0.667
	p	0.026	0.007	0.181	0.33	0.125	0.001
MMT8	r	-0.055	-0.179	0.002	-0.400	0.020	-0.439
	p	0.765	0.632	0.993	0.750	0.944	0.134
Myoglobin	r	0.233	0.650	0.114	0.200	0.079	0.791
	p	0.159	0.067	0.490	0.917	0.794	0.0003
CK	r	0.145	0.417	0.122	0.200	-0.110	0.739
	p	0.385	0.270	0.528	0.917	0.663	0.001
CRP	r	0.328	0.717	0.14	-0.800	0.511	0.447
	p	0.044	0.037	0.469	0.333	0.030	0.067

Abbreviations: CK, creatine kinase; CRP, C-reactive protein; DM, dermatomyositis; IIM, inflammatory myopathies; Jo-1, anti-Jo-1 antibody; MYOACT, disease activity assessment visual analogue scales