Table 4.

Correlations between HSP70 concentration and lung function, cells in induced sputum and peripheral blood and symptom score in asthmatic patients

Asthma patients (n = 56)
	Index	rs	P value		Index	rs	P value
P-HSP70	FVC	−0.472	0.000	S-HSP70	FVC	−0.409	0.002
P-HSP70	PEF	−0.500	0.000	S-HSP70	PEF	−0.406	0.002
P-HSP70	FEV1	−0.479	0.000	S-HSP70	FEV1	−0.455	0.000
P-HSP70	FEV1% pred	−0.335	0.012	S-HSP70	FEV1% pred	−0.437	0.000
P-HSP70	FEV1/FVC	−0.356	0.008	S-HSP70	FEV1/FVC	−0.332	0.011
P-HSP70	B-neu%	0.349	0.009	S-HSP70	S-neu%	0.136	0.319
P-HSP70	B-neu	0.321	0.016	S-HSP70	S-neu	0.090	0.509
P-HSP70	B-eos	−0.106	0.438	S-HSP70	S-eos	−0.071	0.601
P-HSP70	B-lym%	−0.154	0.258	S-HSP70	S-lym%	0.278	0.038
P-HSP70	B-lym	−0.070	0.606	S-HSP70	S-lym	0.266	0.048
P-HSP70	Daily score	0.152	0.263	S-HSP70	Daily score	0.421	0.001
P-HSP70	Night time score	0.356	0.007	S-HSP70	Night time score	0.166	0.223
P-HSP70	S-HSP70	0.497	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