Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of human subjects.

Characteristics	SLE patients	Healthy controls	p value
Sample numbers (female+male)	14 (13+1)	16 (14+2)
Age mean±SD	40.71±13.85	38.63±14.50	>0.05
Hb(g/L) mean ±SD	105.73±34.84	132±9.69	0.014
ESR(mm/h) mean±SD	63.71±30.19	10±5.10	<0.0001
C3(g/L) mean±SD	0.71±0.23	1.35±0.05	<0.0001
C4(g/L) mean±SD	0.15±0.10	0.25±0.08	0.005
Disease duration (years) ± SD	4.86±5.23