Table 3. Correlation between serum IL-37 levels and inflammatory cytokines as well as laboratory values.
Parameter | correlation coefficient (r) | P-value |
TNF-α | 0.4386 | 0.0046 |
IL-6 | 0.3866 | 0.0137 |
IL-17 | 0.5081 | 0.0008 |
TSH (mIU/mL) | −0.3945 | 0.0118 |
FT4 (pmol/L) | 0.4413 | 0.0044 |
FT3 (pmol/L) | 0.3318 | 0.0365 |
TRAB (IU/mL) | 0.3645 | 0.0207 |
TgAb (IU/mL) | 0.1775 | 0.2732 |
TPO-AB (IU/mL) | 0.2991 | 0.0608 |