Interleukin-6, vascular endothelial growth factor and transforming growth factor beta 1 in canine steroid responsive meningitis-arteritis

Table 5 Significant correlations for the group ‘SRMA’

Evaluated parameters		Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient
Concentration of IL-6 in CSF	Concentration of VEGF in CSF	0.8246***
Concentration of IL-6 in serum	Concentration of VEGF in serum	0.5045**
Concentration of IL-6 in CSF	Number of leukocytes in CSF	0.8323***
Concentration of VEGF in CSF	Number of leukocytes in CSF	0.5711*
Concentration of TGF-β₁ in CSF	Concentration of IgA in CSF	0.3549*

SRMA: steroid-responsive meningitis-arteritis; IL-6: interleukin-6; VEGF: vascular endothelial grow factor; TGF-β₁: Transforming growth factor beta; IgA: immunoglobulin A; CSF: cerebrospinal fluid. Data are given as median and range (25th–75th percentile).
*P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; *** P < 0.005.

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