Table 4.

Correlations between different tissues

	r	p
CRP parenchyme-CRP artery	0.195	0.04
SAA1 parenchyme-SAA1 leukocytes	0.743	<0.001
SAA4 parenchyme-SAA4 leukocytes	0.980	<0.001
SAA1 parenchyme-SAA4 leukocytes	0.758	<0.001
SAA4 parenchyme-SAA1 leukocytes	0.966	<0.001

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

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