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. 2024 Mar 23;25:139. doi: 10.1186/s12931-024-02764-8

Table 6.

Correlation between urinary MEHP and a panel of inflammatory markers

Urinary DEHP metabolite Stratification Status MEHP + MEHHP MEHP MEHHP HEL 4-HNE S1P C1P IL-1β IL-6 IL-8 IL-10 IL-13 IL-17 IFN-γ MCP-1 MIP-1β
ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ ρ
MEHP Asthma + 0.84*** NA 0.63*** 0.18* -0.27*** -0.34*** -0.25** -0.20* -0.22** -0.20* -0.17* -0.30***
- 0.81*** NA 0.59*** 0.22***
Asthma-phenotypic clusters A 0.75*** NA -0.54** -0.69*** -0.44* -0.48* -0.48*
B 0.78*** NA 0.58*** -0.36* -0.35* -0.29*
C 0.93*** NA 0.81***
D 0.78*** NA 0.43* 0.55**
E NA
F 0.87*** NA 0.77*** -0.40*
Asthma severitya ++ 0.88*** NA 0.69*** 0.29* -0.29*
+ 0.81*** NA 0.59*** -0.41*** -0.48*** -0.39*** -0.30** -0.31** -0.24* -0.45***
Atopic + 0.85*** NA 0.65*** -0.27** -0.30*** -0.24** -0.20* -0.26**
- 0.78*** NA 0.48** -0.34* -0.52** -0.42* -0.46*
Asthma/T2DM + 0.81*** NA 0.69** -0.52*
- 0.85*** NA 0.63*** 0.25** -0.27*** -0.32*** -0.26** -0.21* -0.21* -0.21* -0.29***
Asthma/hypertension + 0.79*** NA 0.47*** -0.28* -0.30*
- 0.86*** NA 0.68*** -0.31*** -0.37*** -0.35*** -0.29** -0.18* -0.38***
Asthma/T2DM/hypertension + 0.85*** NA 0.77** -0.71* 0.67*
- 0.85*** NA 0.67*** -0.30** -0.37*** -0.34*** -0.27** -0.19* -0.38***
Asthma/allergic rhinitis + 0.85*** NA 0.67*** -0.27** -0.30** -0.28** -0.19* -0.21* -0.32***
- 0.80*** NA 0.54*** 0.33* -0.45** -0.36* -0.30*

NA, not applicable

a ++, severe/very severe; +, mild/moderate

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001