LGALS3 and rheumatoid arthritis: Galectin-3 was increased in the pre-RA subset (4.6 μg/l, IQR 3.8–5.5) compared with healthy controls (3.8 μg/l, IQR 3.0–4.8; p = 0.009) and non-RA (4.0 μg/l, IQR 3.1–4.9; p = 0.03).