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Predictive significance of baseline SP-D and CCL18 for short-term changes in FVC in patients not treated with immunosuppressive agents.
| Pneumoproteins | r | punivariate | Mean Difference (95% CI) |
pmultivariate* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SP-D | 0.12 | 0.255 | 0.02 (−0.01, 0.05) | 0.288 |
| CCL18 | 0.17 | 0.126 | 0.07 (−0.01, 0.16) | 0.1 |
| SP-D and CCL18 | 0.26 | 0.018 | 0.11 (0.02, 0.2) | 0.019 |
Adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, and body mass index. SP-D: surfactant protein D; CCL18: CC-chemokine ligand 18; FVC: forced vital capacity.
