Table 3.
Vascular disease-related blood analytes that significantly correlated with whole-brain [11C]PBR28 uptake values extracted from the significant cluster in the PASC group.
| Peripheral blood vascular related analyte | Whole brain PET signal correlation |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Fibrinogen | r(9) = .80, p = .0032 |
| α2-macroglobulin | r(9) = .73, p = .011 |
| Orosomucoid (alpha-1-acid glycoprotein or AGP) | r(9) = .69, p = .019 |
| Fetuin A | r(9) = .68, p = .022 |
| sL-selectin (soluble leukocyte selectin) | r(8) = .70, p = .025 |
| Pentraxin-2 | r(9) = .66, p = .026 |
| Haptoglobin | r(8) = .74, p = .015 |