Table III.

Positive of serum cytokines level in SLE patients. Significance at p < 0.05

Value	BAFF	IL-35	VEGF	TNF-α
SLE r
BAFF		–0.15	0.01	0.55
IL-35	–0.15		–0.02	–0.29
VEGF	0.01	–0.02		0.04
TNF-α	0.55	–0.29	0.04
p-value
BAFF		0.62	0.95	0.00
IL-35	0.62		0.91	0.10
VEGF	0.95	0.91		0.71
TNF-α	0.00	0.10	0.71

SLE – systemic lupus erythematosus, BAFF – B-cell-activating factor, IL-35 – interleukin 35, VEGF – vascular endothelial growth factor, TNF-α – tumour necrosis factor α.