Table 5.

The interrelation between neutrophil elastase, inflammatory biomarkers, and mitral E/e' ratio.

		TNFα	IL-1β	IL-6	IL-10	MMP9	sICAM-1	NE	E/e'
HFpEF (n= 30)
NE	r	0.735	0.636	0.809	0.250	0.302	0.546	—	0.562
	p	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.219	0.134	< 0.01	—	< 0.01
E/e'	r	0.673	0.547	0.670	0.171	0.235	0.561	0.562	—
	p	< 0.01	< 0.01	< 0.001	0.405	0.248	< 0.01	< 0.01	—

The values were logarithmic transformed before analysis. Spearman's coefficients were computed to describe the correlation between the two variables. The significant differences were accepted when the p < 0.05, all abbreviations as in Tables 1, 4.