Table 2.
Spearman correlations of lipid, metabolic and inflammatory variables with plasma lipoprotein(a) levels.
| Non-diabetic
|
Non-diabetic
|
Type-2 diabetic
|
Type-2 diabetic
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n=457) | Women (n=403) | Men (n=819) | Women (n=480) | |
| Total cholesterol | 0.15** | 0.048 | 0.083* | 0.15** |
| HDL-cholesterol | 0.19*** | 0.04 | 0.12*** | 0.16*** |
| Triglycerides | −0.096* | −0.071 | −0.15*** | −0.24*** |
| LDL-cholesterol | 0.16*** | 0.06 | 0.11** | 0.21*** |
| Glucose | 0.04 | −0.001 | −0.03 | −0.02 |
| Waist circumference | −0.085 | −0.004 | −0.1* | −0.006 |
| Framingham risk | 0.029 | −0.065 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Blood pressure | ||||
| Systolic | −0.008 | −0.068 | 0.007 | −0.024 |
| Diastolic | −0.12 | −0.03 | 0.044 | −0.021 |
| Hs-C reactive protein | 0.001 | 0.03 | 0.059 | 0.14** |
| Interleukin-6 | −0.02 | −0.02 | 0.04 | 0.22** |
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