Table 2.

Biomarker Comparisons^* between disease groups and controls

		Control	BA	A1AT	ALGS
LOX (ng/mL)	Mean	5.0	3.9	3.8	3.1
	p-value	Ref.	0.045	0.22	0.004
MMP-3 (ng/mL)	Mean	12.1	9.9	7.2	9.3
	p-value	Ref.	0.003	<0.001	0.4
Endoglin (pg/mL)	Mean	7,958	11,117	9,295	10,118
	p-value	Ref.	<0.001	0.2	0.23
TIMP-1 (ng/mL)	Mean	171	134	135	176
	p-value	Ref.	<0.001	<0.001	0.29
Mac-2BPGi (ng/mL)	Mean	5.5	3.9	4.0	3.5
	p-value	Ref.	0.002	0.003	<0.001
Periostin (pg/mL)	Mean	6,968	3,002	2,785	3,895
	p-value	Ref.	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
IL-8 (pg/ML)	Mean	99	44	39	45
	p-value	Ref.	<0.001	<0.001	0.006
CTGF (Pg/mL)	Mean	695	518	601	434
	p-value	Ref.	0.01	0.6	0.001
MMP-7 (ng/mL)	Mean	3.4	6.8	3.5	3.4
	p-value	Ref.	<0.001	0.26	0.41

^*p-values based on Kruskal-Wallis tests