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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 3.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Med. 2015 Apr 9;47(3):245–252. doi: 10.3109/07853890.2015.1019916

Table 4.

Univariate and multivariate Pearson's correlation analyses of the five cytokines potential associations with maximal aortic diameter in healthy and aneurysmal cases.

N=676 Maximal aortic diameter
Pearson's correlation analysis Univariate (r) P value Multivariate (r) P value*
Ln [IL6] -0.048 0.224 -0.043 0.306
Ln [IFN-γ] -0.055 0.162 -0.008 0.842
Ln [IL10] -0.075 0.051 -0.028 0.481
Ln [IL17A] -0.026 0.506 -0.011 0.792
Ln [CRP] 0.202 <0.001 0.165 <0.001
*

* Adjusted for smoking, diabetes, hypertension, use of β-blocker, statins, NSAIDs, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, age, and body mass index.