Table 4.

Correlation and partial correlation coefficients for the expression of IL17A compared to that of the other measured targets^a

Target	Correlation coefficient	Partial correlation coefficient	P value
S100A7	0.3392	0.1880	0.0001
IL1B	0.1921	−0.0637	0.18
IL23A	0.2095	−0.0043	0.93
CXCL5	0.5185	0.3191	<0.0001
CCL18	0.5201	0.2215	<0.0001
NLRP3	0.1925	0.0144	0.76
KLRD1	0.2454	0.1870	0.0001
TLR2	0.3233	0.0157	0.74
CTGF	0.4910	0.2933	<0.0001
MMP9	−0.1590	−0.1292	0.006

^aThe P value refers to the partial correlation coefficient. Using the Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons, the critical significance threshold level is a P value of <0.005.