Research Article
Increased Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Formation in Uremia Is Associated with Chronic Inflammation and Prevalent Coronary Artery Disease
Table 3
Correlation analysis of baseline NET levels with clinical parameters.
| | NET | Correlation coefficient | |
| Age | 0.101 | 0.44 | Gender | 0.134 | 0.31 | Dialysis duration | 0.009 | 0.94 | Diabetes | 0.095 | 0.47 | CAD | 0.470 | <0.001 | Cerebrovascular accident | 0.139 | 0.29 | WBC count (/μL) | 0.246 | 0.05 | Neutrophil count (/μL) | 0.486 | <0.001 | Lymphocyte count (/μL) | −0.201 | 0.17 | N/L ratio | 0.364 | 0.009 | Hemoglobin (g/dL) | −0.156 | 0.23 | Cholesterol | −0.219 | 0.09 | hs-CRP (mg/L) | 0.284 | 0.02 | β2-microglobulin | 0.234 | 0.16 | spKt/V | 0.063 | 0.71 |
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BDI-II: Beck depression inventory II; hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; BMI: body mass index. A log-transformed value.
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