Table 4.

Relationship between SAA, CRP, L, SAA/L dynamics and the progression of disease (M±SD).

Clinical changes	N	SAA2-SAA1	CRP2-CRP1	L2-L1	SAA2/L2-1
Improved	26	−96.00±67.76	−40.09±38.24	0.46±0.52	−196.01±199.40
Stable	78	−53.03±81.19	−23.97±40.85	0.29±0.49	−80.02±191.84
Exacerbation	18	1.00±80.92	−12.89±61.76	−0.20±0.26	125.85±351.44
Total	122	−54.21±83.02	−25.77±44.39	0.25±0.51	−74.37±241.15
H		14.186	2.934	23.849	23.615
p		0.001	0.231	0.000	0.000