Table 4.

Correlation of markers of renal damage, inflammation, and fibrosis with chemerin expression in 2k1c.

Chemerin (mRNA Expression)	r	p-Value
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	0.62	0.009
Serum urea (mg/dL)	0.77	<0.001
Mean arterial blood pressure (mm Hg)	0.42	0.12
M1 macrophages (ED-1 pos. cells/view)	0.71	0.001
M2 macrophages (CD163 pos. cells/view)	0.51	0.16
Total T-cells (CD3 pos. cells/view)	0.27	0.40
Cytotoxic T-cells (CD8a pos. cells/view)	0.47	0.11
Helper T-cells (CD4 pos. cells/view)	−0.14	0.63
Neutrophil granulocytes (MPO pos. cells/view)	0.83	<0.001
Activated myofibroblasts (SMA-pos. cells/view)	0.74	0.003
Smooth muscle actin (mRNA expression)	0.65	0.005
Fibronectin (mRNA expression)	0.86	<0.001
Collagen I (% pos. area stained)	0.65	0.043
Collagen I (mRNA expression)	0.83	<0.001
Collagen III (mRNA expression)	0.84	<0.001
Collagen IV (% pos. area stained)	0.64	0.014
Collagen IV (mRNA expression)	0.90	<0.001
TGFβ-1 (mRNA expression)	0.73	0.001
CmklR1 (mRNA expression)	0.89	<0.001

r = Spearman–Rho correlation coefficient r, statistical significance was defined as p-value < 0.05.