Figure 5.

Comparison of the levels of various biomarkers in the SLE patient visits given PDN, MMF, and HCQ therapy at high or low dosage. Differences between doses of PDN (D, G, J, M), MMF (B, E, H, K, N), and HCQ (C, F, I, L, O) were not significant with the exception of SLEDAI (A), and in fact SLEDAI scores were higher for PDN dose of 20 to 60 mg/day compared to the 2 to 18 mg/day of dose. HCQ, hydroxychloroquine; MMF, mycophenolate mofetil; PDN, prednisone; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus; SLEDAI, SLE disease activity index.