Table 3.

Correlations between the percentages of Tang cells and clinical features in SLE patients.

		Tang (%)
		r	p
Non-LN
	Age (y)	−0.470	0.012
	Disease duration (y)	−0.069	0.694
	ESR (mm/hour)	−0.109	0.532
	CRP (mg/dl)	−0.199	0.251
	Complement C3 (g/L)	−0.017	0.923
	Complement C4 (g/L)	−0.118	0.500
	SLEDAI	−0.212	0.221
LN
	Age (y)	−0.497	0.004
	Disease duration (y)	0.289	0.108
	ESR (mm/hour)	−0.182	0.318
	CRP (mg/dl)	0.176	0.335
	Complement C3 (g/L)	0.038	0.837
	Complement C4 (g/L)	−0.152	0.406
	SLEDAI	0.072	0.695
	Proteinuria (g/day)	0.658	0.000