Table 3.

Correlations between HSP70 concentration and lung function and cells in induced sputum and peripheral blood in all study subjects

Including all subjects (n = 90)
	Index	rs	P value		Index	rs	P value
P-HSP70	FVC	−0.570	0.000	S-HSP70	FVC	−0.331	0.001
P-HSP70	PEF	−0.659	0.000	S-HSP70	PEF	−0.366	0.000
P-HSP70	FEV1	−0.667	0.000	S-HSP70	FEV1	−0.400	0.000
P-HSP70	FEV1% pred	−0.578	0.000	S-HSP70	FEV1% pred	−0.433	0.000
P-HSP70	FEV1/FVC	−0.483	0.000	S-HSP70	FEV1/FVC	−0.436	0.000
P-HSP70	B-neu%	0.327	0.011	S-HSP70	S-neu%	0.008	0.937
P-HSP70	B-neu	0.251	0.049	S-HSP70	S-neu	0.033	0.757
P-HSP70	B-eos	0.008	0.953	S-HSP70	S-eos	0.282	0.007
P-HSP70	B-lym%	−0.192	0.141	S-HSP70	S-lym%	0.308	0.003
P-HSP70	B-lym	−0.139	0.289	S-HSP70	S-lym	0.312	0.003
P-HSP70	S-HSP70	0.549	0.000

Data are presented as Spearman rank correlation coefficients

P-HSP70 the HSP70 level in plasma, S-HSP70 the HSP70 level in sputum, FVC forced vital capacity, PEF peak expiratory flow, FEV1 forced expiratory volume in 1 s, B-neu neutrophils in peripheral blood, B-eos eosinophils in peripheral blood, B-lym lymphocyte in peripheral blood, S-neu neutrophils in induced sputum, S-eos eosinophils in induced sputum, S-lym lymphocyte in induced sputum