Table 2.

Correlation between autophagy expression and inflammatory parameters in 72 patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Autophagy expression	DAS28	CRP	TNF-α	IL-6
Cyto-ID MFI in lymphocyte	0.522***	0.285*	0.325**	0.252*
Cyto-ID MFI in monocyte	0.478***	0.262*	0.320**	0.200
Cyto-ID MFI in granulocyte	0.486***	0.365**	0.247*	0.141
P62 MFI in lymphocyte	−0.309**	−0.297*	−0.336**	− 0.197
P62 MFI in monocyte	−0.325**	−0.221	− 0.293*	−0.188
P62 MFI in granulocyte	−0.249*	−0.130	− 0.258*	−0.022

Abbreviations: CRP C-reactive protein, DAS28 Disease Activity Score in 28 joints, IL-6 Interleukin 6, MFI Mean fluorescence intensity, TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor-α

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 were determined by Spearman’s rank-correlation test