Infection versus disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with fever

BMC Rheumatology

Table 3 Correlation of manifestations of infection with (CBC & inflammatory markers) in SLE patients:

CBC & Inflammatory markers		Manifestations of infection
CBC & Inflammatory markers		R	p value
CBC	WBCs	0.100	0.540
	Neutrophils	0.422	0.007
	Lymphocytes	-0.170	0.293
	Neutrophils/Lymphocytes ratio (NLR)	0.364	0.021
	Platelets	0.009	0.956
	Platelets/Lymphocytes ratio (PLR)	0.118	0.468
Inflammatory markers	ESR	0.501	0.001
	CRP	0.469	0.002
	ESR/CRP ratio	0.486	0.001
	Procalcitonin	0.599	< 0.001

*Spearman’s rho correlation
*CBC: complete blood count, WBCs: white blood cells, ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP: c reactive protein, significant level at p < 0.05

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