Amniotic Fluid Infection in Preterm Pregnancies with Intact Membranes

Figure 2

Correlation of other AF biomarkers with AF-MMP-8 among controls. Correlation values were (a) MMP-9 ( = , ), (b) MPO ( = 0.609, ), (c) IL-6 ( = 0.193, ), (d) HNE ( = 0.671, ), (e) elafin ( = 0.147, ), (f) MMP-2 ( = 0.266, ), (g) TIMP-1 ( = 0.179, ), (h) MMP-8/TIMP-1 molar ratio ( = 0.845, ), and (i) CRP ( = −0.294, ).

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