Table 3. Correlations among variables.

	ΔSBP	ΔDBP	ΔFIB	ΔCRP	ΔCD34+	ΔmiR221	ΔmiR222	ΔAIx	ΔPWV	ΔLVMi
ΔROS	rs 0.180	rs 0.128	rs 0.289	rs -0.081	rs -0.341	rs 0.332	rs 0.057	rs 0.271	rs 0.031	rs 0.084
	p = 0.180	p = 0.341	p = 0.034	p = 0.550	p = 0.009	p = 0.012	p = 0.672	p = 0.039	p = 0.820	p = 0.533
ΔCD34+	rs -0.110	rs -0.165	rs -0.625	rs -0.046	—	rs 0.023	rs 0.064	rs 0.144	rs 0.050	rs 0.202
	p = 0.416	p = 0.221	p = 0.001	p = 0.736	—	p = 0.867	p = 0.638	p = 0.286	p = 0.711	p = 0.131
ΔmiR221	rs 0.166	rs 0.046	rs -0.174	rs -0.268	rs 0.023	—	rs 0.195	rs 0.321	rs 0.174	rs 0.039
	p = 0.217	p = 0.734	p = 0.195	p = 0.044	p = 0.868	—	p = 0.146	p = 0.015	p = 0.196	p = 0.773
ΔmiR222	rs 0.188	rs 0.033	rs -0.066	rs -0.087	rs -0.064	rs 0.195	—	rs 0.164	rs 0.053	rs 0.046
	p = 0.162	p = 0.808	p = 0.625	p = 0.519	p = 0.634	p = 0.146	—	p = 0.224	p = 0.693	p = 0.734

rs: correlation coefficient; p significance level for Spearman’s test.