Table 4: Spearman correlation between different tertiles of Lp(a) with other laboratory parameters of study population.
|
Laboratory parameters |
Lower tertile T1 |
Middle tertile T2 |
Higher tertile T3 |
LP (a) |
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|
r |
P |
r |
P |
r |
P |
r |
P |
|
|
TC |
0.113
|
0.323 |
0.293
|
0.010 |
0.398
|
0.000 |
0.137
|
0.037 |
|
LDL-c |
0.091
|
0.430 |
0.177
|
0.126 |
0.309
|
0.006 |
0.176
|
0.007 |
|
HDL-c |
0.065
|
0.570 |
-0.051
|
0.662 |
0.005
|
0.963 |
-0.018
|
0.786 |
|
AIP |
0.004
|
0.976 |
0.099
|
0.452 |
0.102
|
0.406 |
-0.024
|
0.742 |
|
TG |
0.038
|
0.741 |
0.164
|
0.158 |
0.043
|
0.709 |
-0.019
|
0.779 |
|
FPG |
0.162
|
0.158 |
0.180
|
0.120 |
0.044
|
0.703 |
0.068
|
0.302 |
|
HbA1c |
-0.172
|
0.131 |
0.053
|
0.646 |
0.039
|
0.736 |
-0.022
|
0.736 |
R: Correlation coefficient; FPG: Fasting Plasma Glucose; AIP: Atherogenic Index of Plasma; TC: Total Cholesterol; LDL-C: Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; HDL-C: High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; TG: Triglyceride; Significant (P <0.05); HbA1c: Glycated Haemoglobin