Association between PCSK9 Levels and Markers of Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Endothelial Dysfunction in a Population of Nondialysis Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

Table 3

Associations between inflammation, oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction, and lipid metabolism markers in the CKD patients.

		Spearman rho	value
hs-CRP	Fibrinogen	0.44	<0.001
	8-epiPGF2a	0.32	<0.001
	IL-6	0.27	<0.001
	sICAM-1	0.35	<0.001
IL-6	Fibrinogen	0.32	<0.001
	TNF-α	0.25	0.001
	sVCAM-1	0.31	<0.001
TNF-α	sVCAM-1	0.35	<0.001
sVCAM-1	sICAM-1	0.27	<0.001
8-epiPGF2a	sICAM-1	0.26	0.001
	sVCAM-1	0.23	0.003
ox-LDL	TG	0.30	<0.001
	T-Chol	0.68	<0.001
	LDL-C	0.71	<0.001
	APO-B	0.64	<0.001
	Lp(a)	0.20	0.02