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Table 2

The correlations between the serum values of MMP-9, TIMP-1, ICTP, PINP, and PICP (n = 141)

Variable	MMP-9	TIMP-1	ICTP	PINP	PICP
MMP-9
rS^a	1.000	0.299	0.201	−0.057	−0.152
P		0.000	0.017	NS^b	0.078

TIMP-1
rS		1.000	0.415	0.045	0.017
P			0.000	NS^b	NS

ICTP
rS			1.000	0.469	0.247
P				0.000	0.004

PINP
rS				1.000	0.637
P					0.000

PICP
rS					1.000
P

Variable	MMP-9	TIMP-1	ICTP	PINP	PICP
MMP-9
rS^a	1.000	0.299	0.201	−0.057	−0.152
P		0.000	0.017	NS^b	0.078

TIMP-1
rS		1.000	0.415	0.045	0.017
P			0.000	NS^b	NS

ICTP
rS			1.000	0.469	0.247
P				0.000	0.004

PINP
rS				1.000	0.637
P					0.000

PICP
rS					1.000
P

^a

rS, correlation coefficient.

^b

NS, nonsignificant.