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Table 3 Association of PMN elastase levels and ENR with laboratory parameters of patients with myositis

From: Correlation of PMN elastase and PMN elastase-to-neutrophil ratio with disease activity in patients with myositis

 

PMN elastase

ENR

 

IIMs

DM

PM

IIMs

DM

PM

Muscle enzymes

 CK

0.308**

0.339**

0.229

0.289**

0.332**

 

 LDH

0.366**

0.386**

0.211

0.287*

0.295*

0.307

 ALT

0.437***

0.406***

0.288

0.343**

0.296*

0.251

 AST

0.438***

0.454***

0.23

0.419***

0.442***

0.197

Inflammation marker

 CRP

0.35**

0.346*

0.194

0.329**

0.357**

0

 ESR

0.315**

0.292**

0.146

0.362**

0.4**

0.006

 C4

0.11

0.02

0.168

0.159

0.121

− 0.077

 C3

− 0.023

− 0.064

0.214

0.01

0.017

− 0.068

 Neutrophil

0.286**

0.339**

0.284

− 0.174

− 0.104

− 0.132

 Lymphocyte

− 0.275

− 0.279

− 0.314

− 0.388

− 0.432***

− 0.241

 NLR

0.443***

0.485**

0.361*

0.207*

0.291*

0.005

  1. Data were analysed using the Spearman’s rank correlation
  2. ENR PMN elastase-to-netrophil ratio, CK creatine phosphokinase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C4 complement fraction 4, C3 complement fraction 3, NLR the ratio of neutrophil count to lymphocyte count