Tubulointerstitial damage as the major pathological lesion in endemic chronic kidney disease among farmers in North Central Province of Sri Lanka

Table 3 Clinicopathological correlation (Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient)

Combination of variables	ρ ^a	P value
Age–fibrous intimal thickening score	0.3708	0.02
Serum creatinine–interstitial fibrosis score	0.2953	0.04
Serum creatinine–interstitial inflammation score	0.2394	0.09
Serum creatinine–arteriolar hyaline thickening score	0.2020	0.17
Age–arteriolar hyaline thickening score	0.1830	0.19
Serum creatinine–fibrous intimal thickening score	0.1584	0.36
Age–interstitial fibrosis score	0.1312	0.33
Age–interstitial inflammation score	−0.0302	0.82
Glomerular filtration rate–fibrous thickening score	−0.1506	0.36
Glomerular filtration rate–arteriolar hyaline thickening score	−0.1719	0.23
Glomerular filtration rate–interstitial inflammation score	−0.2177	0.11
Glomerular filtration rate–interstitial fibrosis score	−0.2703	0.05

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