Neopterin and Beta-2 Microglobulin Relations to Immunity and Inflammatory Status in Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients

Table 4

Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients ( and -values) of neopterin, beta-2 microglobulin, and other parameters.

	Neopterin		Beta-2 microglobulin
	Spearman		Spearman
Age	0.11	ns	0.04	ns
Neopterin	X	x	0.30	<0.001
hsCRP	0.23	<0.05	0.15	0.06
Fibrinogen	0.30	<0.01	0.28	<0.01
Macrophages (biopsy)	0.18	<0.05	−0.14	0.09
CD 3 (biopsy)	−0.02	ns	−0.13	ns
EF	−0.17	<0.05	−0.14	0.09
EDV	0.01	ns	0.13	ns
NYHA	0.16	<0.05	0.09	ns