Table 2.
Circulating levels of MMP-2 and MMP-9, measured in densitometric scanning units on gelatin zymograms, at baseline and at 24 months, reported by tertiles.
| First tertile | Second tertile | Third tertile | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | min | max | n | min | max | n | min | max | |
| MMP-2 (72 kDa) | |||||||||
| Baseline levels | 37 | 122.48 | 190.88 | 38 | 191.27 | 219.33 | 38 | 220.71 | 284.23 |
| Concurrent levels | 37 | 89.91 | 186.21 | 38 | 187.27 | 215.58 | 38 | 216.41 | 297.31 |
| MMP-9 (92 kDa) | |||||||||
| Baseline levels | 37 | 185.96 | 315.52 | 38 | 316.18 | 364.78 | 38 | 365.29 | 462.93 |
| Concurrent levels | 37 | 184.65 | 309.38 | 38 | 310.09 | 367.40 | 38 | 368.77 | 464.00 |