Table 3.
Correlation of mRNA expression levels of ITGA2 and ITGB1 with CC16 in bronchial epithelial cells in SARP.
| Gene | Gene Annotation | Cross-Sectional Cohort (n = 155) |
Longitudinal Cohort (n = 156) |
Meta-Analysis* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rho | P value | rho | P value | rho | P value | ||
| ITGA2 | VLA-2 subunit alpha 2 | 0.15 | 0.068 | 0.32 | 4.0x10-5 | 0.24 | 5.2x10-6 |
| ITGB1 | VLA-2 subunit beta 1 | 0.0056 | 0.94 | 0.087 | 0.28 | 0.046 | 0.21 |
*Meta-analysis of Spearman correlation coefficient (rho) was performed in the SARP cohorts (n=311) using metacor R package on the Olkin-Pratt fixed-effect meta-analytical model.