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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2013 Jul 14;230(1):100–105. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.05.018

Table 3.

Univariate and partial correlation analyses of the three cathepsins’ potential associations with maximal aortic diameter and lowest ABI.

Maximal aortic diameter Lowest ABI
Pearson's correlation analysis Univariate Partial* Univariate Partial*:
CatL r 0.29 0.212 −0.22 −0.10
P-value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.011
CatK r −0.05 −0.019 −0.06 −0.01
P-value 0.248 0.633 0.11 0.983
CatV r −0.11 −0.093 −0.01 0.03
P-value 0.003 0.021 0.986 0.508
*

Adjusted for smoking, hypertension, β-blocker use, low-dose aspirin use, statin use, SBP, age, BMI, and lowest ABI.