Table 2.
Correlation analysis for various clinical indices
| Index | miR-144-3p |
CRP |
ESR |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ρ | P-value | ρ | P-value | ρ | P-value | |
| CDAI | 0.343 | <0.001 | 0.440 | <0.001 | 0.402 | <0.001 |
| SES-CD | 0.547 | <0.001 | 0.479 | <0.001 | 0.409 | <0.001 |
| Rutgeerts score | 0.478 | <0.001 | 0.357 | 0.002 | 0.302 | 0.009 |
| CRP | 0.332 | <0.001 | – | – | – | – |
| ESR | 0.289 | <0.001 | – | – | – | – |
CD, Crohn’s disease; CDAI, CD-activity index; CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; miR-144-3p, expression of serum exosomal miR-144-3p; SES-CD, simple endoscopic score for CD; ρ, Spearman rank correlation coefficient.