Table 2.

Binary logistic regression models initially including all biomarkers and after variable selection for Cohort 1

Biomarkers	Model including all biomarkersa
	Coefficient	Standard error	p value
AGP	0.692	0.35	0.047
CP	0.551	0.36	0.127
VCAM-1	−0.228	0.38	0.553
LPGDS	0.870	0.76	0.254
MCP-1	−0.046	0.86	0.957
TF	0.256	0.23	0.275
	Model after variable selectionb
AGP	0.782	2.84	0.004
CP	0.602	0.34	0.080

AGP, Alpha-1-acid glycoprotein; CP, ceruloplasmin; VCAM-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule-1; LPGDS, lipocalin-like prostaglandin D synthase; MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; TF, transferrin

AGP alpha-1-acid glycoprotein

^a59 Cohort 1 patients included in the exploratory novel biomarker models including VCAM-1 due to a missing measurements

^bModel selected after applying the ‘stepAIC’ function in R