Table 3.

Correlation of Fibrinogen, AFR and CAR with Different Parameters

Inflammatory Markers Parameters	Fibrinogen		AFR		CAR
	R-value	P-value	R-value	P-value	R-value	P-value
Age in yrs	0.240	0.093	−0.337	0.017	0.279	0.073
ESR (mm/hr)	0.727	<0.001	−0.670	<0.001	0.629	<0.001
Albumin (gm/dl)	−0.051	0.725	0.215	0.133	−0.457-	0.002
CRP (mg/dl)	0.667	<0.001	−0.611	<0.001	0.925	<0.001
Fibrinogen(g/l)			−0.846	<0.001	0.643	<0.001
RF(IU/mL)	−0.091	0.529	0.221	0.160	0.175	0.223
ACPA(IU/mL)	−0.154	0.286	0.194	0.217	0.171	0.236
AFR	−0.846	<0.001			−0.623	<0.001
CAR	0.643	<0.001	−0.623	<0.001
DAS 28-ESR	0.853	<0.001	−0.740	<0.001	0.589	<0.001

Abbreviations: ESR, erythrocytic sedimentation rate; RF, rheumatoid factor; ACPA, anti-citrullinated protein antibodies; CRP, C-reactive protein; AFR, albumin/fibrinogen ratio; CAR, CRP/albumin ratio; DAS, disease activity score.