Table 1.
IgG complex reactivity in ELISA (mOD) in dependency of gender and disease duration
| Male | Female | P | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IgG bound to | BL mean ± SD | FU mean ± SD | P BL versus FU | BL mean ± SD | FU mean ± SD | P BL versus FU | BL male versus female | FU male versus female |
| IgA | 78·2 ± 12·7 | 78·0 ± 15·6 | 0·973 | 70·6 ± 17·8 | 70·3 ± 18·1 | 0·967 | 0·237 | 0·264 |
| IgM | 41·6 ± 24·1 | 43·9 ± 28·3 | 0·846 | 39·4 ± 15·7 | 37·9 ± 14·8 | 0·767 | 0·759 | 0·448 |
| CRP | 23·5 ± 10·9 | 17·1 ± 3·6 | 0·092 | 21·8 ± 5·1 | 20·7 ± 5·2 | 0·513 | 0·566 | 0·055 |
| C1q | 10·8 ± 10·2 | 8·2 ± 2·8 | 0·449 | 12·0 ± 7·8 | 10·6 ± 5·6 | 0·517 | 0·723 | 0·219 |
| C3c | 12·6 ± 11·9 | 8·6 ± 3·3 | 0·323 | 13·3 ± 8·5 | 10·2 ± 6·0 | 0·197 | 0·855 | 0·440 |
| AAL | 39·1 ± 10·3 | 42·9 ± 13·1 | 0·480 | 33·6 ± 12·4 | 32·6 ± 10·9 | 0·788 | 0·236 | 0·03 |
| LCA | 27·0 ± 24·2 | 26·6 ± 18·5 | 0·967 | 21·4 ± 25·0 | 18·8 ± 20·0 | 0·714 | 0·566 | 0·310 |
| SNA | 75·9 ± 5·4 | 95·0 ± 19·6 | 0·008 | 72·8 ± 6·6 | 88·4 ± 20·9 | 0·003 | 0·221 | 0·408 |
| GalNac‐L | 37·0 ± 7·4 | 24·9 ± 8·9 | 0·004 | 31·6 ± 11·0 | 24·5 ± 5·5 | 0·014 | 0·171 | 0·875 |
BL = baseline; FU = follow‐up; Ig = immunoglobulin; SD = standard deviation; CRP = C‐reactive protein; Ig = immunoglobulin; ELISA = enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay; AAL = Aleuria aurantia lectin; LCA = Lens culinaris agglutinin; SNA = Sambucus nigra agglutinin; GalNAc‐L = d‐galactose, N‐acetyl galactosamine.