TABLE 2.

Statistical analysis of pentraxin (PTX)3 expression.

Correlation Ptx3	r	P-value
Age	0.898#	<0.0001
MMP9	0.571#	0.0524
HMGB1	0.866#	0.0003
S100β	0.959#	<0.0001
IL-6	0.871#	0.0002
NF-κB	0.727#	0.0074
TLR5	0.871#	0.0002
Foxp3	0.825*	0.001
IL-33	0.545*	0.0666
TRAF6	0.797*	0.0019
ATG7	0.839*	0.0006
TLR9	0.154*	0.6331

r Pearson, r Spearman, and p-value confirmed the positive correlation between the expression of PTX3 and high-mobility group box (HMGB)1, S100β, and Foxp3 (A); Toll-like receptor (TLR)5 and TRAF-6 (B); autophagy-related (ATG)-7 (C). ^# r Pearson. * r Spearman. The bold values are statistically significant according to the value of p.