Relation between TNFAIP3 with different parameters in the RA group

Parameter	TNFAIP3			p
	T/T (n = 78)	G/T (n = 24)	G/G (n = 3)
Age	41.0c ±10.15	42.63c ±10.64	60.0ab ±8.66	0.008*
DD	4.74 ±5.09	3.75 ±2.14	7.67 ±4.04	0.329
ESR (1st hr.)	46.88b ±23.93	85.75a ±42.51	66.0 ±6.93	< 0.001*
CRP (mg/l)	24.62 ±19.50	26.40 ±17.99	14.12 ±13.75	0.574
RF (IU/ml)	15.05 (7.0-359.0)	18.75 (8.0-189.0)	27.0 (27.0-41.20)	0.285
Anti-CCP (U/ml)	64.59b ±48.14	95.34a ±59.73	80.87 ±81.87	0.042*
Disease activity score (DAS28)	4.38b ±0.94	5.20a ±0.78	5.24 ±0.45	< 0.001*
Tender joints count	7.44b ±5.36	10.0a ±5.11	4.67 ±1.15	0.066
Swollen joints count	1.77c ±1.35	2.75c ±3.67	8.0ab ±5.20	< 0.001*

Normally quantitative data are expressed as mean ± SD and compared using F test (ANOVA), while abnormally quantitative data are expressed as median (min. – max.) and compared using Kruskal Wallis test

^asignificant with T/T

^bsignificant with G/T

^csignificant with G/G

^*statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05