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. 2019 Jun 14;57(1):13–20. doi: 10.1080/13880209.2018.1561726

Table 7.

Correlation analysis between the concentrations of serum inflammatory factors in patients from the intervention group.

  hs-CRP (mg/L) TNF-α (pg/ml) IL-18 (pg/mL) MMP9 (ng/mL) IL-17 (pg/L)
hs-CRP r 1.000 0.001 −0.094 0.184 −0.076
p-value   ns ns ns ns
TNF-α r   1.000 0.006 0.377 0.036
p-value     ns ns ns
IL-18 r     1.000 0.137 0.328
p-value       ns 0.021
MMP9 r       1.000 0.247
p-value         ns
IL-17 (pg/L)         1.000

*Bold values indicates: IL-18 vs. IL-17: r = 0.328, p = 0.021.