Comparative Study of Protein Expression Levels of Five Plaque Biomarkers and Relation with Carotid Plaque Type Classification in Patients after Carotid Endarterectomy

Table 2

Pearson correlation coefficient values between the biomarkers.

	MM-1	MMP-9	TNFa	IL-6	Osteopontin
MMP-1	1
MMP-9	0.59	1
TNFa	0.164	0.399	1
IL-6	0.74	0.60	0.172	1
Osteopontin	0.365	0.47	0.46	0.116	1

is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)