Association between biomarkers of tissue inflammation and progression of osteoarthritis: evidence from the Rotterdam study cohort

Table 2 Pearson correlations between biomarkers

		CRPM	CRP	COMP	uCTX-II
C1M	Correlation coefficient	0.330	0.580	-0.111	0.033
C1M	p value	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.001	0.223
CRPM	Correlation coefficient		0.248	-0.015	-0.004
CRPM	p value		<0.0001	0.598	0.896
CRP	Correlation coefficient			-0.104	-0.041
CRP	p value			0.0001	0.135
COMP	Correlation coefficient				0.159
COMP	p value				<0.0001

The correlations were adjusted for sex, age, and body mass index
CRPM matrix metalloproteinase-dependent degradation of CRP, CRP C-reactive protein, COMP cartilage oligomeric protein, uCTX-II (urinary) type II collagen degradation, C1M connective tissue type I collagen turnover

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