Table 4.

Correlations between plasma TIMP-1 and selected laboratory parameters

		Plasma TIMP-1, ng/ml	Liver TIMP-1 mRNA	Pancreas TIMP-1 mRNA	CA19–9, U/ml	CEA, ng/ml	CRP, mg/dl	Hemoglobin, g/dl	Iron, μg/dl	Ferritin, ng/ml	LDH, U/l	Leucocytes, G/l	Thrombocytes, G/l	Creatinine, mg/dl
Plasma TIMP-1, ng/ml	Spearman’s correlation	1.000	.374	−.632	.074	.114	.201	−.260	−.209	.755	−.042	.119	.049	−.029
	Significance (2-tailed)	.	.188	.368	.649	.521	.246	.027	.537	.005	.864	.317	.679	.809
	N	75	14	4	40	34	35	72	11	12	19	73	73	71