Decreased Soluble Receptor of Advanced Glycation End Product Levels Correlated with Inflammation in Silicosis

Table 3

The correlations between sRAGE and cytokines and ox-LDL and lung function.

	sRAGE
		value^a
TNF-α	-0.241	0.049
IL-1β	-0.288	0.028
IL-6	-0.413	0.001
TGF-β1	-0.096	0.452
ox-LDL	-0.283	0.035
FVC	0.056	0.673
FEV1	0.099	0.456
FVC% pre	0.154	0.262
FEV1% pre	0.042	0.759
FEV1/FVC	-0.051	0.710

^aThe correlation between sRAGE and parameters was calculated by Pearson’s correlation test.