Table 3.

Correlations between TLR2, TLR4 and FXR expression and oesophagitis

	Basal TLR2	Superficial TLR2	Total TLR2	Basal TLR4	Superficial TLR4	Total TLR4	FXR	Macroscopic oesophagitis
Histological oesophagitis	0.45 (<0.01)	0.34 (<0.01)	0.48 (<0.01)	−0.04 (0.76)	−0.11 (0.38)	−0.04 (0.76)	0.30 (<0.05)	0.60 (<0.01)
Basal TLR2		0.50 (<0.01)	0.83 (<0.01)	0.05 (0.71)	−0.07 (0.58)	0.05 (0.71)	0.29 (<0.05)	0.33 (<0.01)
Superficial TLR2			0.61 (<0.01)	−0.07 (0.56)	−0.07 (0.56)	−0.01 (0.91)	0.19 (0.13)	0.25 (<0.05)
Total TLR2				0.04 (0.72)	−0.13 (0.29)	−0.01 (0.91)	0.19 (0.13)	0.34 (<0.01)
Basal TLR4					0.61 (<0.01)	0.89 (<0.01)	0.13 (0.32)	0.07 (0.58)
Superficial TLR4						0.72 (<0.01)	0.23 (0.08)	−0.06 (0.62)
Total TLR4							0.23 (0.08)	0.07 (0.58)
FXR								0.22 (0.08)

Both histological and macroscopic (endoscopic) oesophagitis were divided into absent, mild and severe. Data are the correlation coefficient (p-value), calculated with 2-tailed Spearman correlation

TLR Toll-like receptor, FXR Farnesoid X receptor