Table 3. Pearson’s r correlation analysis of five consensus differential plasma proteins.

		Stiffness	Complement C7	α-2- macroglobulin	Complement C8 γ chain	Fibulin-1	α-1-antichymotrypsin
Stiffness	Pearson correlation	-	0.740†	0.407	−0.584†	0.657†	−0.453
	Sig. (two-tailed)	-	0.000	0.084	0.009	0.002	0.051
	n	-	19	19	19	19	19
FIB-4	Pearson correlation	0.502	0.556*	0.530*	−0.623*	0.297	−0.330
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.056	0.031	0.042	0.013	0.282	0.230
	n	15	15	15	15	15	15
ALT	Pearson correlation	0.126	0.037	0.185	−0.459	0.320	−0.511*
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.629	0.887	0.477	0.064	0.210	0.036
	n	17	17	17	17	17	17
HBA1c	Pearson correlation	0.539	0.613*	0.438	−0.077	0.010	0.068
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.087	0.045	0.178	0.821	0.977	0.843
	n	11	11	11	11	11	11
BMI	Pearson Correlation	0.277	0.228	0.264	−0.167	0.267	0.072
	Sig. (two-tailed)	0.251	0.347	0.274	0.494	0.270	0.770
	N	19	19	19	19	19	19

^*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).

^†Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).