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Table 3 Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient between biomarkers I

From: Mental health, serum biomarkers and survival in severe COPD: a pilot study

 

25-OHD (nmol/l)

CRP (mg-dl)

ESR (mm/h)

Leucocytes (103/μl)

SA-A (mg/l)

NT-proBNP (pg/ml)

25-OHD (nmol/l)

1.00

     

CRP (mg/dl)

0.08

1.00

    

ESR (mm/h)

0.15

0.34

1.00

   

Leucocytes (103/μl)

0.15

0.18

0.07

1.00

  

SA-A (mg/l)

0.17

0.512**

0.22

0.593**

1.00

 

NT-proBNP (pg/ml)

0.06

0.14

−0.08

0.04

0.10

1.00

Troponin I (ng/ml)

0.00

0.12

0.10

0.18

0.11

0.493**

HbAlc (%)

−0.01

0.28

0.415*

0.18

0.11

0 07

Hb (g/dl)

−0.28

−0.25

−0.360*

0.02

−0.10

−0.05

Hc (%)

−0.355*

−0.19

−0.353*

0.06

−0.12

−0.04

Creatinine (mg/dl)

−0.26

−0.07

0.11

0.04

0.00

0.355*

TSH (mU/l)

−0.06

0.29

0.20

0.05

0.04

0.316*

  1. *p = 0.05; **p = 0.01
  2. 25-OHD 25-OH-cholecalciferol, CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, SA-A serum amyloid-A, NT-proBNP N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, HbAlc glycosylated haemoglobin, Hb haemoglobin, Hc haematocrit, TSH thyroid-stimulating hormone
  3. Highlighted in bold: p ≤ 0.05