Table 2.

Correlations between LEAQ score at three follow-up intervals and plasma levels of MMP-9

Plasma level of:	LEAQ_0	LEAQ_8	LEAQ_18
MMP-9_0	p = 0.9 rho = − 0.0003	p = 0.07, rho = − 0.2	p = 0.005, rho = –0.4*
MMP-9_8	p = 0.04, rho = –0.3	p = 0.2, rho = − 0.2	p = 0.02, rho = –0.3
MMP-9_18	p = 0.04, rho = –0.3	p = 0.2, rho = − 0.1	p = 0.2, rho = − 0.2

*ref. (Matusiak & Oziębło et al. 2021)