Table 4. Summary of correlations between relative changes in the number of EPC subsets.
CFU-ECs/106 cells | 0.987** | ||||||
CACs/mL | -0.179 | -0.170 | |||||
CACs/106 cells | -0.214 | -0.153 | 0.349 | ||||
ECFCs/mL | -0.222 | -0.250 | 0.714* | 0.002 | |||
CAC precursors/mL | -0.385 | -0.328 | 0.713* | 0.275 | 0.411 | ||
ECFCs/106 cells | -0.125 | -0.165 | 0.082 | 0.276 | 0.497 | -0.109 | |
CAC precursors/106 cells | -0.331 | -0.241 | -0.031 | 0.611 | -0.251 | 0.508 | 0.073 |
CFU-ECs/mL | CFU-ECs/106 cells | CACs/mL | CACs/106 cells | ECFCs/mL | CAC precursors/mL | ECFCs/106 cells |
Data shown are Spearman's correlation coefficient. *Statistically significant at p<0.05, **Statistically significant at p<0.01. EPC: endothelial progenitor cell, CFU-EC: colony forming unit endothelial cell, CAC: circulating angiogenic cell, ECFC: endothelial colony forming cell, mL: milliliter