Table 2.

Correlations between b2M, TIMP1 and the main parameters of cardiorenal dysfunction (GFR, NT-proBNP and EF%) in the 3 study groups

	GFR	NT-proBNP	EF%
AH
b2M
r	–0.49
p	0.0065	n.s.	n.s.
TIMP1
r	–0.3672
p	0.0459	n.s.	n.s.
CHF
b2M
r	–0.8327	0.6553	–0.5576
p	<0.0001	0.0007	0.0162
TIMP1	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
CTL
b2M
r		0.4117
p	n.s.	0.0409	n.s.
TIMP1
r		0.02
p	n.s.	0.92	n.s.

n.s. = Not significant.