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Table 5 Comparison of serum biomarker level and HRCT subgroups in the CTD-ILD patients

From: Serum MMP-9, SP-D, and VEGF levels reflect the severity of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

HRCT subgroups

UIP(n = 9)

no-UIP (n = 24)

t

p

MMP-9 (ng/ml)

568.94 ± 215.88

415.47 ± 158.82

2.319

0.027

SP-D (ng/ml)

89.96 ± 22.09

90.67 ± 22.77

− 0.085

0.933

VEGF (pg/ml)

479.04 ± 116.07

429.27 ± 158.35

0.923

0.363

  1. HRCT high-resolution computed tomography, UIP usual interstitial pneumonia
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Advances in Rheumatology

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