Table 1.

Early (1-14 days) galectin-3 gene expression after acute MI in relation to other mediators of cardiac inflammation.

	Correlation with Galectin-3 mRNA (fold-increase of expression)
Galectin-3	rs = 1 (P = NA)
Neurohumoral
Natriuretic peptide precursor	rs = –0.35 (P = .55)
Macrophage-mediated
Macrophage expressed gene 1	rs = 0.90 (P = .03*)
CD68 antigen (macrosialin)	rs = 0.98 (P = .001*)
Cathepsin S	rs = 0.97 (P = .004*)

Abbreviations: MI, myocardial infarction; r_s, the Spearman correlation coefficient.

^*P < .05.