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Table 4 The relationships between the normalized levels of EV miR-21-5p and the clinical variables in the 41 IPF patients

From: Serum extracellular vesicular miR-21-5p is a predictor of the prognosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

 

miR-21-5p (copies/SI)

r s

P

% predicted VC

−0.02

0.86

KL-6

0.27

0.09

SP-D

0.11

0.51

LDH

0.17

0.29

Rate of decline in % predicted VC over 6 months

0.56

<0.001

  1. r s: Spearman rank correlation coefficient. The correlations were calculated using the Spearman rank correlation test
  2. Bold denotes p < 0.05
  3. VC vital capacity, DLco carbon monoxide diffusing capacity, KL-6 Krebs von den Lungen-6, SP-D surfactant protein D