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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2007 Oct 25;155(2):303–309. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.09.006

Table III.

Correlations between continuous covariates and IL-6 levels. Note that a rho≥ 0.7 generally represents a “strong” association

Spearman’s rho(r) P value
Age 0.15 <0.0001
Atrial volume 0.14 <0.0001
LV mass index 0.16 <0.0001
Ejection fraction −0.14 <0.0001
Body mass index 0.18 <0.0001