Table 4 Correlations between plasma TIMP-1 and selected laboratory parameters
Plasma TIMP-1, ng/ml | Liver TIMP-1 mRNA | Pancreas TIMP-1 mRNA | CA19–9, U/ml | CEA, ng/ml | CRP, mg/dl | Hemoglobin, g/dl | Iron, μg/dl | Ferritin, ng/ml | LDH, U/l | Leucocytes, G/l | Thrombocytes, G/l | Creatinine, mg/dl | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plasma TIMP-1, ng/ml | Spearman’s correlation | 1.000 | .374 | −.632 | .074 | .114 | .201 | −.260 | −.209 | .755 | −.042 | .119 | .049 | −.029 |
Significance (2-tailed) | . | .188 | .368 | .649 | .521 | .246 | .027 | .537 | .005 | .864 | .317 | .679 | .809 | |
N | 75 | 14 | 4 | 40 | 34 | 35 | 72 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 73 | 73 | 71 |