Effluent Tenascin-C Levels Reflect Peritoneal Deterioration in Peritoneal Dialysis: MAJOR IN PD Study

Table 3

The correlation coefficients between patient characteristics and effluent biomarker levels.

	Biomarker levels in the peritoneal effluents
	Tenascin-C	Matrix metalloproteinase-2
Sex (male/female)
Etiology (nondiabetes/diabetes)
Age (years)	,	,
PD duration (months)	,	,
Peritonitis episode (times)	,	,

values: Spearman’s correlation coefficient.