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Table 4 Comparing serum biomarker levels 2005 between deceased in non-COPD and COPD during the observation time

From: Proteolytic biomarkers are related to prognosis in COPD- report from a population-based cohort

Biomarkers

non–COPD

Deceased

n = 88

COPD

Deceased

n = 81

P

 

Median (IQR)

Median (IQR)

 

MMP–9 (ng/ml)

534.5 (427.5–628)

607 (493–681)

0.001

TIMP–1 (ng/ml)

327 (250–381)

311 (260–366)

0.488

MMP–9/TIMP-1-ratio

1.71 (1.19–2.16)

1.86 (1.52–2.34)

0.020

  1. IQR Inter quartile range. Significant p-values in bold