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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 29.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Kidney Dis. 2016 Dec 23;69(3):410–419. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.10.019

Table 2.

Spearman Correlation Matrix of Urine Fibrosis Markers, eGFR, Urine ACR, and Urine Injury Biomarkers in FAVORIT

A1M/Cr MCP-1/Cr PIIINP/Cr PINP/Cr eGFR ACR NGAL/Cr IL-18/Cr KIM-1/Cr L-FABP/Cr

A1M/Cr 1.000
MCP-1/Cr 0.292a 1.000
PIIINP/Cr 0.641a 0.134a 1.000
PINP/Cr 0.407a 0.138a 0.465a 1.000
eGFR −0.250a` −0.099a −0.080 −0.096a 1.000
ACR 0.508a 0.475a 0.304a 0.214a −0.211a 1.000
NGAL/Cr 0.395a 0.293a 0.332a 0.305a −0.234a 0.343a 1.000
IL-18/Cr 0.297a 0.170a 0.194a 0.146a −0.011 0.242a 0.382a 1.000
KIM-1/Cr 0.113b 0.554a −0.024 −0.013 −0.052 0.319a 0.243a 0.157a 1.000
L-FABP/Cr 0.768a 0.361a 0.495a 0.302a −0.257a 0.593a 0.413a 0.317a 0.212a 1.000

Note:Spearman correlation matrix is limited to persons sampled within the subcohort. All urine measures are indexed to urine creatinine.

Abbreviations: A1M, α1-microglobulin; ACR, albumin-creatinine ratio; Cr, creatinine; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; FAVORIT, Folic Acid for Vascular Outcome Reduction in Transplantation; NGAL, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin; KIM-1, kidney injury molecule 1; IL-18, interleukin 18; L-FABP, liver-type fatty acid binding protein; MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; PINP, procollagen type I; PIIINP, procollagen type III.

a

P,< 0.01.

b

P ,< 0.05.