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Table 4 Association of baseline levels of individual metalloproteinases (MMPs) with respiratory disease-related mortality

From: Association of circulating levels of MMP-8 with mortality from respiratory disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

MMP (ng/ml)

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

P

MMP-1

1.007 (0.99, 1.001)

0.1

MMP-2

1.000 (0.99, 1.000)

1.0

MMP-3

0.997 (0.994, 0.999)

0.3

MMP-8

1.013 (1.005, 1.02)

< 0.0001

MMP-9

1.002 (1.00, 1.004)

0.002

  1. Separate Cox proportional hazard regression analyses were carried out for each MMP with adjustment for age, sex and disease duration at baseline.
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Arthritis Research & Therapy

ISSN: 1478-6362

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