Table 2. Laboratory findings of psoriatic arthritis patients and healthy controls.
| Patient group (n=51) | Control group (n=50) | p | |||||
| Mean±SD | Median | IQR | Mean±SD | Median | IQR | ||
| Fasting glucose (mg/dL) | 91.3±12.4 | 93.02±9.2 | 0.42 | ||||
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 47 | 40-61 | 50.5 | 40.7-60 | 0.87 | ||
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 121 | 103-143 | 114.5 | 92-144.75 | 0.54 | ||
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 106 | 86-143 | 120.5 | 87.5-182 | 0.51 | ||
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 196 | 177-225 | 187 | 166.75-231.75 | 0.82 | ||
| ESR (mm/h) | 17 | 12-41 | 14 | 8-23.3 | 0.03 | ||
| CRP (mg/dL) | 0.3 | 0.1-0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1-0.2 | <0.01 | ||
| SD: Standard deviation; IQR: Interquartile range; HDL: High-density lipoprotein; LDL: Low-density lipoprotein; ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein. | |||||||