In contrast, workers with asthma had significantly higher SAA levels Monday morning (average = 57.0 mg/l) than Thursday noon (average = 44.7 mg/l) (p = 0.039 in paired t-test), this was not seen for CRP (average = 4.3 versus 3.1 mg/l p = 0.23). Here, SAA1 is linked to asthma.