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. 2020 Jan 9;56(1):27. doi: 10.3390/medicina56010027

Table 2.

Spearman correlations between cardiac T-cad levels and biomarkers of chronic heart failure (HF).

Variable Rho p Value No. of Patients
Serum biomarkers
BNP (pg/mL) −0.013 0.947 27
CRP (μg/mL) 0.354 0.076 26
Adiponectin (μg/mL) −0.027 0.892 27
IL-6 (pg/mL) 0.185 0.356 27
TNF α (pg/mL) 0.124 0.537 27
Echocardiographic and hemodynamic parameters
LVEF (%) −0.098 0.621 28
LVEDD (cm) −0.079 0.689 28
Average global strain −0.297 0.247 17
Mean AoP (mmHg) 0.015 0.943 26
Mean PCWP (mmHg) −0.397 0.037 28
Mean PAP (mmHg) −0.221 0.257 28
Mean RAP (mmHg) −0.047 0.813 28
Markers of immune infiltration (cells/mm2)
CD3+ −0.423 0.028 27
CD4+ 0.032 0.874 27
CD45ro −0.144 0.474 27
CD68+ 0.189 0.344 27

One patient with T-cad level as an absolute outlier was omitted from the analysis. Abbreviations: AoP, aortic pressure; BNP, B-type natriuretic protein; CD3+, T cell receptor; CD4+, T helper cell receptor; CD45ro+, memory T cell receptor; CD68+, monocyte/macrophage receptor; CRP, C-reactive protein; IL-6, interleukin-6; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor α; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; PAP, pulmonary artery pressure; PCWP, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; RAP, right atrial pressure.