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Table 2 Simple correlation analysis of carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and other variables

From: Hepatocyte growth factor and carotid intima-media thickness in relation to circulating CD34-positive cell levels

 

Total subjects

Low CD34-positive cells (≤ 0.93 cells/μL)

High CD34-positive cells (> 0.93 cells/μL)

 

r

p

r

p

r

p

No. of participants

269

135

134

Age

0.17

0.005

0.13

0.141

0.21

0.013

Systolic blood pressure

0.14

0.023

0.17

0.047

0.11

0.212

Body mass index (BMI)

0.01

0.810

0.05

0.592

− 0.01

0.864

Serum triglycerides (TG)

− 0.01

0.874

0.01

0.865

− 0.03

0.752

Serum HDL-cholesterol (HDLc)

− 0.03

0.593

− 0.13

0.125

0.06

0.480

γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase (γ-GTP)

0.04

0.517

− 0.03

0.691

0.12

0.179

Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)

− 0.003

0.966

0.02

0.781

− 0.03

0.758

Glomerular filtration rate (GFR)

0.07

0.255

0.10

0.243

0.03

0.697

White blood cell count (WBC)

0.11

0.086

0.17

0.051

0.05

0.525

Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)

0.15

0.011

0.31

< 0.001

0.01

0.892

  1. TG, γ-GTP, and HGF are calculated in logarithm values