Table 2.

Plasma values of the GAS6/ProS-TAM system in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and healthy controls

	SLE patients (n = 50)	Healthy controls (n = 50)	P
sAxl, ng/mL	34.8 ± 14.3	25.9 ± 15.3	0.0036
sMerTK, ng/mL	21.2 ± 10.8	17.4 ± 12.1	0.0122
sTyro3, ng/mL	3.62 ± 1.13	1.65 ± 0.93	< 0.0001*
GAS6, ng/mL	32.3 ± 1.50	27.2 ± 1.08	0.0067
ProS, total, %	82.6 ± 3.03	102.4 ± 1.52	< 0.0001
ProS, free, %	67.6 ± 3.34	101.0 ± 2.07	< 0.0001*

Quantitative variables as expressed as mean ± standard deviation. *Significant after Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons.