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Table 2 Spearman’s correlation coefficients between BPI and other clinical indices

From: Serum BPI as a novel biomarker in asthma

 

Serum BPI (ng/mL)

rs

p-value

Age (years)

0.12

0.27

Gender

− 0.14

0.16

BMI (kg/m2)

− 0.11

0.93

Allergic history (%)

0.13

0.23

Blood eosinophils counts

− 0.004

0.98

Blood neutrophils counts

0.24

0.05

Total IgE (IU/mL)

0.03

0.89

hs-CRP

0.44

0.004*

FeNO (ppb)

− 0.07

0.70

FEV1% predicted

− 0.16

0.38

  1. Spearman’s correlation coefficients between asthmatic and healthy individuals
  2. BMI body mass index, IgE immunoglobulin E, hs-CRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein, BPI bactericidal/permeability increasing protein, FeNO fractional exhaled nitric oxide, FEV1% predicted forced expiratory volume in one second as percentage of predicted volume
  3. * p < 0.05
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Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology

ISSN: 1710-1492

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