Research Article

The Prognostic Values of Leukocyte Rho Kinase Activity in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Table 3

Correlation between leukocyte ROCK activity, white blood cell count, and plasma levels of cytokines.

TNFαIL-6hsCRPWBC count

ROCK0.017
( )
0.046
( )
−0.020
( )
0.029
( )
TNFα10.242
( )
0.109
( )
−0.055
( )
IL-60.242
( )
10.565
( )
0.150
( )
hsCRP0.109
( )
0.565
( )
10.235
( )

The numbers in each column denote the correlation efficient calculated by Spearman correlation test and the value.
hsCRP: high sensitive C-reactive protein; IL-6: interleukin-6; ROCK: Rho kinase; TNFα: tumor necrotic factor alpha; WBC: white blood cell.