Table 2.

Serum biomarkers in the different stages of SLE disease activity.

Biomarkers	Clinical Active (n = 27)	Clinical Inactive (n = 63)	p-value
C3, µg/ml	877 (694–1070)	1010 (824–1230)	0.107
C4, µg/ml	192 (120–246)	217 (144–282)	0.25
Anti-dsDNA, IU/ml	101.4 (37.2–436.5)	48.9 (10.0–209.8)	0.25
IL-6, pg/ml*	5.5 (4.0–14.5)	3.6 (2.6–6.7)	0.011
CIC, RU/ml**	10.12 (3.0–23.6)	2.1 (2.0–7.7)	0.001

Data showed in median (IQR). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01.