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Table 3 Correlations between clinical data, tissue remodeling responses, and dermal sodium

From: Dermal tissue remodeling and non-osmotic sodium storage in kidney patients

Variables

R

p-value

A. Dietary sodium intake and lymphangiogenesis

 Plasma sodium vs. podoplanin expression

0.656

0.028

 Urine sodium vs. podoplanin expression

0.709

0.022

B. Dietary sodium intake and dermal sodium

 Plasma sodium vs. dermal sodium concentration

− 0.619

0.042

C. Obesity, age and proteoglycans

 Age vs. mRNA expression of HAS3

0.530

0.042

 Body weight vs. hyaluronan expression

0.503

0.047

 BMI vs. versican expression

0.562

0.024

 BMI vs. mRNA expression of CHST11

0.589

0.021

D. Proteoglycans and lymphangiogenesis

 mRNA expression of CHSY1 vs. mRNA expression of VEGF-C

0.571

0.026

 mRNA expression of CHSY1 vs. mRNA expression of podoplanin

0.546

0.035

 mRNA expression of UST vs. mRNA expression of VEGF-C

0.679

0.005

 mRNA expression of UST vs. mRNA expression of Podoplanin

0.625

0.001

 mRNA expression of HAS2 vs. mRNA expression of VEGF-C

0.757

0.001

 mRNA expression of VCAN vs. mRNA expression of podoplanin

0.600

0.018

 mRNA expression of NDST1 vs. mRNA expression of podoplanin

0.704

0.003

 mRNA expression of CHST11 vs. mRNA expression of podoplanin

0.671

0.006

E. Proteoglycans and fibrosis

 mRNA expression of VCAN vs. mRNA expression of collagen I

0.557

0.031

 mRNA expression of NDST1 vs. mRNA expression of collagen I

0.629

0.012

 mRNA expression of CHST11 vs. mRNA expression of collagen I

0.546

0.035

 mRNA expression of UST vs. mRNA expression of collagen I

0.589

0.021

 mRNA expression of HS6ST1 vs. mRNA expression of collagen I

0.514

0.050

F. Proteoglycans and inflammation

 mRNA expression of HSPE vs. CD68 expression

0.539

0.038

 mRNA expression of HAS2 vs. MCP1 expression

− 0.554

0.032

 mRNA expression of UST vs. MCP1 expression

− 0.621

0.013

 Heparan sulfate expression (JM403) vs. CD3 expression

0.518

0.048

G. Renal failure and inflammation

 Proteinuria vs. CD68 expression

0.730

0.007

 Proteinuria vs. MCP-1 expression

0.614

0.034

 Systolic blood pressure vs. CD68 expression

0.649

0.007

 eGFR vs. CD68 expression

0.577

0.019

H. Dermal sodium and inflammation

 Dermal sodium storage vs. mRNA expression of CCL2

− 0.582

0.023

  1. Correlations are performed on the Z-scores of the values of donors and preemptive patients