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. 2014 Sep 18;9(9):e107851. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107851

Table 1. Spearman correlations between matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) levels and the vulnerability index (VI), microvascular density (MVD), and vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) level in balloon-injured rabbits.

	VI	MMP-1	MMP-2	MMP-3	MMP-9	MMP-14
VI	1.000	0.767^**	0.809^**	0.890^**	0.887^**	–0.556^*
MVD	0.846^**	0.762^**	0.813^**	0.884^**	0.769^**	–0.424^*
VEGF-A	0.898^**	0.760^**	0.762^**	0.858^**	0.789^**	–0.525^**

*Statistically significant, P<0.05.

**Statistically significant, P<0.01.