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Table 2 Correlations of EPC frequencies in patients with JIA and cardiovascular diseases development risk factors

From: Endothelial progenitor cell levels in juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients; effects of anti-inflammatory therapies

 

Percentage of CD34 + CD309+ cells

Variable

n

rho

p

BMI

25

−0.381

0.061

SDS-BMI

25

−0.223

0.283

SBP

25

−0.231

0.266

DBP

25

−0.257

0.216

FMD

25

0.329

0.108

IMT

25

−0.260

0.210

Glucose

25

0.005

0.983

Insulin

25

−0.472

0.017

HOMA IR

25

−0.458

0.021

Triglicerides

25

−0.438

0.029

Total cholesterol

25

−0.267

0.196

LDL-cholesterol

25

0.301

0.144

HDL-cholesterol

25

0.003

0.990

hsCRP

25

−0.210

0.313

Fractalkine

25

−0.031

0.884

Adiponectin

25

0.145

0.488

VE-kadherin

25

−0.045

0.829

sICAM-1

25

−0.148

0.481

sVCAM-1

25

−0.157

0.454

sE-selectin

25

0.009

0.965

MMP-2

25

0.140

0.505

MMP-9

25

0.135

0.519

TIMP-1

25

0.126

0.548

OSP

25

0.159

0.447

TNF-α

25

−0.446

0.026

IL-18

25

−0.364

0.074

IL-6

25

−0.184

0.380

  1. rho: Spearman's correlation coefficient.
  2. Statistically significant correlations are presented in bold. n: number of patients.