Table 2.
Median biomarker concentration by age.
∗Biomarker concentration | Age (months) |
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0–12 | 13–24 | 25–36 | 37–48 | ap value | |
NEO (nmol/L) | 2100 (2290), n = 18 | 236 (402), n = 18 | 155 (340), n = 12 | 187 (175), n = 16 | 0.0003 |
AAT (mg/g) | 0.16 (0.21), n = 21 | 0.08 (0.09), n = 18 | 0.06 (0.07), n = 14 | 0.09 (0.14), n = 16 | 0.006 |
MPO (ng/ml) | 3591 (15998), n = 22 | 1313 (2852), n = 21 | 1114 (1248), n = 15 | 581 (979), n = 17 | 0.0009 |
Biomarker concentrations are presented as median (IQR).
p value obtained from a Kruskal-Wallis test.