Table 9.

Correlation Between Mean Blood TLR2 Methylation and Plasma Inflammatory Markers

	TLR2 Methylation
	Position 1		Position 2		Position 3		Position 4		Position 5
	Correlation Coefficient	P Value*	Correlation Coefficient	P Value*	Correlation Coefficient	P Value*	Correlation Coefficient	P Value*	Correlation Coefficient	P Value*
IL‐6	−0.067	0.08	−0.025	0.52	0.067	0.08	0.040	0.30	0.020	0.60
IL‐8	−0.004	0.93	0.006	0.88	0.095	0.01	0.053	0.17	0.049	0.20
IL‐1β	−0.031	0.42	0.040	0.31	0.046	0.23	0.019	0.63	0.015	0.70
TNF‐α	−0.043	0.27	−0.056	0.15	0.006	0.87	−0.009	0.81	−0.039	0.32
TNFγ	−0.030	0.44	−0.007	0.86	−0.017	0.66	−0.029	0.45	−0.022	0.58
CRP	0.032	0.35	−0.007	0.85	0.011	0.76	0.024	0.49	0.047	0.17
ICAM‐1	0.138	<0.0001	0.159	<0.0001	0.127	0.0002	0.123	0.0004	0.124	0.0003
VEGF	−0.022	0.57	−0.016	0.68	0.091	0.02	0.050	0.20	0.046	0.24

CRP indicates C‐reactive protein; ICAM‐1, intercellular adhesion molecule 1; IL, interleukin; TLR2, Toll‐like receptor 2; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.

^*P value represents Prob>|r| under H₀: ρ (Spearman's rank correlation coefficient)=0.