Table 3 Associations (β with 95% confidence intervals) between log transformed values in serum biomarkers and severity of hand-arm vibration injury, estimated by Generalized Linear Models in 92 patients with hand-arm vibration injury. Statistically significant associations in bold face.

ICAM-1

− 0.00 (− 0.01 to 0.00)

− 0.00 (− 0.13 to 0.14)

MCP-1

− 0.01 (− 0.02 to 0.00)

− 0.01 (− 0.02 to 0.00)^a

− 0.21 (− 0.60 to 0.18)

− 0.25 (− 0.64 to 0.14)^a

TM

0.01 (0.00–0.03)

− 0.26 (− 0.76 to 0.23)

vWf

0.01 (0.00–0.02)

0.01 (0.00–0.02)^b

− 0.06 (− 0.37–0.26)

 Without concurrent diseases

− 0.23 (− 0.55 to 0.08)^c

 With concurrent diseases

0.59 (− 0.07 to 1.3)^c

HSP27

0.01 (− 0.00–0.02)

0.01(− 0.01 to 0.02)^d

− 0.04 (− 0.52 to 0.43)

− 0.01 (− 0.45 to 0.46^d

Caspase-3

0.03 (0.00–0.05)

0.03 (0.01–0.05)^e

− 0.44 (− 1.3 to 0.47)

 Without concurrent diseases

− 1.1 (− 2.1 to 0.09)

 With concurrent disease

1.4 (0.28–3.1)