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Table 3 Association between baseline characteristics and serum soluble receptor for advanced glycation end product levels

From: Serum soluble isoform of receptor for advanced glycation end product is a predictive biomarker for acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a German and Japanese cohort study

 

German + Japanese

German

Japanese

ρ

P-value

ρ

P-value

ρ

P-value

Age

0.022

0.78

0.040

0.75

0.015

0.88

BMI

− 0.22

0.0049

0.0007

0.99

-0.27

0.0069

Pack years

0.040

0.62

0.026

0.84

-0.044

0.66

VC

0.11

0.15

0.11

0.36

0.10

0.32

DLcoa

0.22

0.0064

0.15

0.27

0.25

0.016

  1. BMI body mass index, VC vital capacity, DLco diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide, VC vital capacity
  2. aThe German and Japanese cohorts had 13 and 12 missing data, respectively