ENA-78 Is a Novel Predictor of Wound Healing in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Table 3

Spearman’s rho correlation analysis of plasma or wound exudate cytokine levels and wound healing risk factors.

Variable		MCP-2		ENA-78
		Plasma	Exudate	Plasma	Exudate
Age	Rho	−0.081	0.048	−0.042	−0.161
		0.405	0.622	0.666	0.095
Gender	Rho	−0.149	−0.129	−0.012	0.009
		0.121	0.181	0.899	0.928
BMI	Rho	−0.049	−0.100	−0.009	−0.055
		0.612	0.302	0.924	0.573
FPG	Rho	0.014	−0.165	−0.051	0.019
		0.881	0.087	0.597	0.846
Ulcer area	Rho	0.070	0.003	0.027	0.070
		0.466	0.978	0.780	0.467
HbA1C	Rho	−0.284	−0.275	−0.206	−0.266
		0.003	0.004	0.031	0.005
Diabetes duration	Rho	0.034	0.133	0.133	0.011
		0.723	0.169	0.168	0.907
Hypertension	Rho	−0.114	−0.026	−0.160	−0.058
		0.239	0.784	0.097	0.551
Hyperlipidemia	Rho	−0.107	−0.013	−0.060	−0.039
		0.267	0.891	0.534	0.686
Antibiotic therapy	Rho	−0.022	0.117	0.104	0.091
		0.822	0.227	0.284	0.345

All study subjects were included in the analysis. Significant values are marked in italic.