Correlations between the amounts of human neutrophil lipocalin (HNL) and the cytokines granulocyte/macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin 8 (IL-8) in perfusion fluids from rectal and sigmoidal segments of patients with ulcerative proctitis and colitis
| Segment | Protein | Cytokine | Spearman's R | p Value | n | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The coefficient of correlation and the significance of the correlations were calculated by Spearman's rank correlation test. | ||||||
| Proctitis | Rectal | HNL | GM-CSF | 0.9286 | 0.0025 | 7 |
| HNL | IL-8 | 0.6786 | 0.0938 | 7 | ||
| Proctitis | Sigmoidal | HNL | GM-CSF | 0.7711 | 0.0250 | 8 |
| HNL | IL-8 | 0.8571 | 0.0065 | 8 | ||
| Colitis | Rectal | HNL | GM-CSF | 0.4303 | 0.2145 | 10 |
| HNL | IL-8 | 0.1905 | 0.6514 | 8 | ||
| Colitis | Sigmoidal | HNL | GM-CSF | 0.9160 | 0.0005 | 9 |
| HNL | IL-8 | 0.6071 | 0.1482 | 7 | ||