Table 5 Correlation (Pearson coefficient) matrix by pairs of biomarkers’ slopes calculated on 4 points.

From: Variations of parathyroid hormone and bone biomarkers are concordant only after a long term follow-up in hemodialyzed patients

 

PTH

CTX

P1NP

BALP

OSC

TRAP

PTH

XXX

     

CTX

0.5  P < 0.0001

XXX

    

P1NP

0.29  P = 0.0043

0.46  P < 0.0001

XXX

   

BALP

0.42  P < 0.0001

0.44  P < 0.0001

0.78  P < 0.0001

XXX

  

OSC

0.23 P = 0.028

0.66  P < 0.0001

0.44  P < 0.0001

0.48  P < 0.0001

XXX

 

TRAP

−0.01 P = 0.95

0.17  P = 0.010

−0.07 P = 0.53

0.10 P = 0.32

0.19 P = 0.06

XXX

  1. Only the slope of TRAP is not well correlated to other biomarkers’ slopes.
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