Table 2.

Comparison of Tim-3 and IL-17 levels between different SLE patient subgroups.

Group	Number	Tim-3 (pg/ml)	IL-17 (pg/ml)
SLE without nephritis	25	292.54 (277.85–370.70)	4.89 (4.18–5.43)
SLE with nephritis	30	236.65 (206.57–288.02)*	4.37 (3.65–5.23)
Less active SLE	6	198.40 (169.11–264.00)	3.70 (3.02–4.80)
More active SLE	49	270.62 (222.25–332.35)	4.71 (3.93–5.35)

SLE – systemic lupus erythematosus; Tim-3 – T cell immunoglobulin domain and mucin-3; IL-17 – interleukin-17. Numerical data conforming to the normal distribution are presented as means ± standard deviation (SD); otherwise data are presented as medians (interquartile range, IQR).

^*P<0.05 vs. SLE without nephritis.