Table 2.

All 23 main correlations.

Patients	Slope			p	r			r 2	Interval between examinations#		The main correlation's period	Ratio	Total analyzed period	Total clinical period
Case number	Positive value	Negative value	Absolute value		Positive value	Negative value	Absolute value		(years)	(days)	(years)	(%)	(years)	(years)
Case  1	0.4098		0.4098	2 × 10−51	0.98		0.98	0.96	0.12	44	8.2	64	12.8	13.9
Case  2	0.3343		0.3343	1 × 10−20	0.98		0.98	0.96	0.08	29	2.4	28	8.7	9.7
Case  3	0.2698		0.2698	5 × 10−33	0.96		0.96	0.92	0.18	66	9.5	94	10.1	11.1
Case  4	0.1923		0.1923	9 × 10−8	0.99		0.99	0.98	0.12	44	1.2	72	1.6	2.7
Case  5	0.1618		0.1618	0.01	0.96		0.96	0.92	0.19	70	1.1	32	3.3	4.4
Case  6	0.084		0.084	2 × 10−8	0.93		0.93	0.87	0.43	156	8.8	73	12.1	13.6
Case  7	0.0762		0.0762	9 × 10−7	0.82		0.82	0.67	0.19	71	3.4	35	9.6	10.9
Case  8	0.0758		0.0758	1 × 10−42	0.92		0.92	0.85	0.16	58	14.7	93	15.9	17.3
Case  9	0.0755		0.0755	3 × 10−44	0.91		0.91	0.83	0.09	35	9.9	63	15.8	17.1
Case  10	0.0708		0.0708	2 × 10−53	0.94		0.94	0.88	0.11	42	12	98	12.2	13.5
Case  11	0.0652		0.0652	4 × 10−43	0.96		0.96	0.91	0.15	54	9.4	84	11.2	12.5
Case  12	0.0629		0.0629	1 × 10−32	0.84		0.84	0.71	0.13	47	14.1	96	14.8	16
Case  13	0.0608		0.0608	6 × 10−10	0.8		0.8	0.64	0.27	97	9.1	80	11.4	12.5
Case  14	0.0349		0.0349	5 × 10−8	0.69		0.69	0.47	0.1	38	4.8	67	7.1	8.2
Case  15	0.0302		0.0302	1 × 10−13	0.74		0.74	0.55	0.2	72	13.9	98	14.2	15.3
Case  16	0.0299		0.0299	6 × 10−11	0.89		0.89	0.79	0.29	105	7.6	75	10.1	11.2
Case  17	0.0256		0.0256	6 × 10−48	0.95		0.95	0.9	0.11	40	9.5	61	15.5	16.6
Case  18		−0.089	0.089	0.004		−0.95	0.95	0.9	0.21	76	1.2	53	2.3	3.5
Case  19		−0.0984	0.0984	5 × 10−12		−0.91	0.91	0.82	0.11	39	2.9	43	6.8	7.9
Case  20		−0.1078	0.1078	0.005		−0.95	0.95	0.89	0.4	145	2	47	4.2	5.2
Case  21		−0.1237	0.1237	6 × 10−5		−0.94	0.94	0.88	0.13	46	1.3	63	2.1	3.1
Case  22		−0.307	0.307	2 × 10−11		−0.97	0.97	0.93	0.12	44	2	37	5.5	6.6
Case  23		−0.3681	0.3681	2 × 10−11		−0.95	0.95	0.9	0.12	45	3.2	27	11.9	12.9
Mean ± SD	0.1212 ± 0.1114	−0.1823 ± 0.1117	0.1371 ± 0.1147		0.90 ± 0.09	−0.94 ± 0.02	0.91 ± 0.08	0.83 ± 0.13	0.17 ± 0.09	64 ± 33	6.6 ± 4.5	64 ± 23	9.5 ± 4.5	10.7 ± 4.6

^#Each value was shown in total clinical period; continuous variables were shown as mean ± standard deviation. Slope, the slope of the correlation; p, a p value; r, correlation coefficient; r², a squared value of r; The main correlation's period, the period in which the main correlation was recognized; Ratio, the ratio of the main correlation's period to the total analyzed period; Total analyzed period, the period from the earliest examination date at least a year after the first examination to the last examination date; Total clinical period, the period from the first to the last examination date.