. 2009 Apr 14;15(14):1730–1737. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.1730

Table 6.

Correlation between the number, size, necrosis and atrophy of islets and levels of α-mannosidase, amylase, nitrite and nitrate and binding of lectin to amylase

Biochemistry index	n	Islet number	Islet size	Necrosis	Atrophy
Serum nitrite	50	0.404^b	0.736^b	-0.319^b	-0.866^b
Serum nitrate	50	0.181	0.194	-0.126	-0.245^a
Pancreas tissue nitrite	50	0. 30^a	0.456^b	-0.222	-0.480^b
Pancreas tissue nitrate	50	0.101	0.157	-0.041	-0.317^b
LCA-binding of amylase in serum	61	-0.254^a	-0.290^a	0.077	0.228^a
ConA-binding of amylase in serum	61	-0.048	-0.10	-0.011	-0.016
PNA-binding of amylase in serum	61	-0.114	-0.261^a	0.283^a	0.041
PSA-binding of amylase in serum	61	-0.143	-0.26^a	0.165	0.153
LCA-binding of amylase in pancreas tissue	43	-0.442^b	-0.253^a	0.174	0.183
ConA-binding of amylase in pancreas tissue	43	-0.117	-0.095	-0.192	0.232
PSA-binding of amylase in pancreas tissue	43	-0.095	-0.037	-0.288^a	0.106
The activity of α-mannosidase in serum	61	0.067	0.050	0.026	-0.108
The activity of α-mannosidase in pancreas tissue	43	0.638^b	0.747^b	-0.508^b	-0.714^b
The activity of amylase in serum	61	0.158	0.365^b	-0.215^a	-0.310^b
The activity of amylase in pancreas tissue	43	0.428^b	0.639^b	-0.314^a	-0.631^b

P < 0.05,

P < 0.01, test of significance of correlation coefficient.