Table 3.

Correlations between expressions of acute phase reactant

	Pulmonary parenchyma	Pulmonary artery	Peripheral blood leukocytes
CRP-SAA1 mRNA	r=0.448 P<0.001	r=0.314 P=0.001	r=0.510 P<0.001
CRP-SAA2 mRNA	r=0.105 P=NS	r=0.229 P=0.020	r=0.163 P=NS
CRP-SAA4 mRNA	r=0.496 P<0.001	r=0.320 P=0.001	r=0.394 P<0.001
SAA1-SAA2 mRNA	r=0.508 P<0.001	r=0.513 P<0.001	r=0.101 P=NS
SAA1-SAA4 mRNA	r=0.609 P<0.001	r=0.170 P=NS	r=0.744 P<0.001
SAA2-SAA4 mRNA	r=0.4290 P<0.001	r=−0.001 P=NS	r=0.019 P=NS

Note: Correlations were calculated using the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.

Abbreviations: CRP,C-reactive protein; SAA, serum amyloid A