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Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 Feb 6;70(3):439–449. doi: 10.1002/art.40379

TABLE 4.

Correlations Between Summary Score of Arterial FDG Uptake (PETVAS) and Clinical Features in Patients with Large Vessel Vasculitis

	Clinically Active LVV		Clinical Remission LVV

	Spearman r (95% CI)	P value	Spearman r (95% CI)	P value
ESR (mm/hr)	0.37 (0.03 to 0.64)	0.03	−0.07 (−0.32 to 0.19)	0.57
CRP (mg/mL)	0.36 (0.02 to 0.63)	0.03	−0.12 (−0.36 to 0.14)	0.37
Fibrinogen (mg/dL)	0.52 (0.18 to 0.75)	0.004	0.05 (−0.22 to 0.32)	0.70
Endothelin-1 (pg/mL)	−0.18 (−0.53 to 0.22)	0.36	−0.10 (−0.38 to 0.20)	0.50
Prednisone (mg/day)	−0.36 (−0.62 to −0.01)	0.04	−0.24 (−0.47 to 0)	0.06
Age (years)	0.11 (−0.25 to 0.44)	0.55	0.37 (0.13 to 0.57)	0.003
BMI (kg/m²)	−0.19 (−0.50 to 0.17)	0.28	−0.26 (−0.49 to −0.01)	0.04

LVV = large vessel vasculitis; ESR = erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP = C-reactive protein; BMI = body mass index.