Figure 5.
The relationships between serum nesfatin-1 levels and serum hsCRP, PIIANP levels and between synovial nesfatin-1 levels and synovial IL-18 levels. (a) A strong and statistically significant correlation was found between serum nesfatin-1 and hsCRP levels in OA patients (r = 0.593, P = 0.00005); (b) there was no statistical correlation between serum nesfatin-1 and PIIANP levels (r = −0.226, P = 0.16); (c) statistically significant correlation was found between synovial nesfatin-1 and IL-18 levels r = 0.560, P = 0.0017.