Table 1

Expression of important laboratory findings

Variable

Day 1

Day 5

Day 10

Day 15

Day 25

Day 50

12 month

Normal range

IgG anti-cardiolipin antibody (GPL-U/ml)

44.7

21

60.2

30.7

37.7

<12

Lupus anticoagulant

positive

positive

positive

positive

positive

absent

Anti-β-2-Glycoprotein 1 (U/ml)

2

6

3

negative

<5

Anti-Phosphatidylserin (U/ml)

72.8

10.8

31.1

<15

Anti-Phosphatidylethanolamin (U/ml)

45.2

23.9

18.5

<15

Antinuclear antibodies

negative

negative

absent

ENA

negative

absent

Double strand-DNA

negative

absent

anti-adrenal-antibodies

negative

absent

Cortisol 0800 h

26

1.1

22

28

6–26

Renin activity

100

<3β

ACTH (pg/ml)

468

<50

Aldosteron (pg/l)

<10

12–125

DHEA-sulfate (g/dl)

<10

<280

Bleeding time (min)

10.55

5.30

<7

Partial thromboplastin time (s)

39

37

48

57

58

36

41

<35

Prothrombin time (%)

64

55

55

73

78

45

36

70–100

Sodium (mmol/l)

134

140

111

139

142

143

136

132–145

Potassium (mmol/l)

3.9

4.8

3.6

4.2

4.0

3.5

3.9

3.1–5.1

C-reactive Protein (mg/dl)

6.1

6.1

12.1

3.7

1.0

0.4

0.3

<0.5

Aspartate aminotransferase (U/l)

15

17

81

37

21

16

18

<15

Alanine aminotransferase (U/l)

20

18

67

69

40

24

22

<14

LDH (U/l)

201

442

309

256

181

<240

Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.7

0.7

1.0

0.7

0.8

0.93

0.3

0.6–1.3

β2-microglobulin (mg/dl)

0.18

0.27

0.19

<0.08

Hemoglobin (g/l)

13.6

11.1

7.6

10.8

11.8

12.1

12.4

11.8–16.8

Platelet count /nl

129

177

56

154

97

153

174

150–350

White cell count /nl

14.5

10.3

10.2

6.2

5.4

5.6

7.8

4.3–10.0

Gerner et al. Thrombosis Journal 2005 3:6   doi:10.1186/1477-9560-3-6