Hepatocyte growth factor levels in Legionella pneumonia: A retrospective study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 2 Association of HGF and other clinical indicators

biomarkers		correlation coefficient ( r )	r²	p ^a
HGF	WBC	0.207	0.043	0.195
HGF	CRP	0.201	0.040	0.226
HGF	PaO2/FiO2	-0.155	0.024	0.345
HGF	LDH	0.538	0.289	0.001
HGF	ALT	0.232	0.054	0.160
WBC	CRP	0.422	0.178	0.009
LDH	ALT	0.474	0.225	0.003

a: Association of Log(HGF) and each item was analyzed by Peason's coefficient test.
HGF: hepatocyte growth factor, WBC: white blood cell count, CRP: C-reactive protein, LDH: lactate dehydrogenase, ALT: alanine aminotransferase

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