Increased levels of HE4 (WFDC2) in systemic sclerosis: a novel biomarker reflecting interstitial lung disease severity?

Ther Adv Chronic Dis · 2020 · PMC7488885 · PMID 32963750

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.076so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Contrary to our expectations, we found that mRSS tended to be inversely correlated with BALF HE4 levels in patients with SSc-ILD; however, the relationship did not reach statistical significance ( r = 0.51, p = 0.076, Spearman’s correlation).

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