Plasma and Urinary Levels of Nerve Growth Factor Are Elevated in Primary Hypertension

Table 5

Partial correlation coefficients for the relationships between plasma levels of the nerve growth factor and catecholamines and between urinary levels of the nerve growth factor and catecholamines.

	All subjects		Normotensive subjects		Hypertensive subjects
	Versus Log [plasma nerve growth factor]
Log [plasma adrenaline]	−0.078	0.473	−0.138	0.371	−0.069	0.663
Log [plasma noradrenaline]	0.108	0.315	0.048	0.755	0.098	0.537
Versus Log [urinary nerve growth factor]
Log [urinary adrenaline]	0.117	0.138	−0.035	0.760	0.219	0.049
Log [urinary noradrenaline]	0.190	0.016	0.097	0.393	0.260	0.019

adjusted for age and gender.