Table 2. Association analysis of blood pressure and inflammatory markers, all patients.

A) Correlation analysis – coefficients of correlation shown
	MPO	Elastase	Leukocyte count	Granulocyte count	Interleukin-6	Systolic/diastolic BP
BP systolic	0.089 (n.s.)	0.293**	0.245**	−0.111 (n.s.)	0.155 (n.s.)	0.611**
BP diastolic	0.179*	0.402**	0.076 (n.s.)	−0.153 (n.s.)	−0.026 (n.s.)	0.611**
BP mean	0.167 (p = 0.06)	0.393**	0.172*	−0.156 (n.s)	0.019 (n.s)	0.866**/0.931**
	CRP
BP systolic	−0.068 (n.s.)
BP diastolic	−0.034 (n.s.)
BP mean	−0.053 (n.s)

B) Multivariate analysis
Parameter	Significance	Partial eta-square
Elastase	<0.001	0.141
Leukocyte count	<0.01	0.080
MPO	n.s

Correlation analysis (A) of systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressure with markers of neutrophil activation and inflammation (MPO, elastase, leukocyte count, granulocytic count, Interleukin-6, CRP). Coefficients of correlation are shown. Correlations were calculated using a Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient if variables were interval-scaled and normally distributed (MPO, elastase, leukocyte count, granulocytic count, Interleukin-6). Otherwise, rank correlation using Spearman's coefficient was performed (CRP).

Significant correlations were included into a multivariate linear model including systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressure as dependent variables (B).

* = p ≤ 0.05, ** = p ≤ 0.01. BP systolic = systolic blood pressure, BP diastolic = diastolic blood pressure, BP mean = mean arterial blood pressure, MPO = Myeloperoxidase, CRP = C-reactive protein.