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Table 4 Pearson correlation coefficients and significance1 among measure of obesity and plasma lipoprotein concentrations (n = 121)

From: Lp(a)-cholesterol is associated with HDL-cholesterol in overweight and obese African American children and is not an independent risk factor for CVD

 

WC

TC

HDL-C

VLDL-C

IDL-C

LDL-C

TAG

Lp(a)-C

BMIz

0.801***

-0.019

-0.348***

0.212*

0.134

0.090

0.357***

-0.394***

WC

 

-0.107

-0.476***

0.187*

0.104

0.050

0.332***

-0.337***

TC

  

0.384***

0.310***

0.562***

0.934***

0.228*

0.219*

HDL-C

   

-0.224*

-0.117

0.051

-0.285**

0.462***

VLDL-C

    

0.803***

0.306***

0.869***

-0.254**

IDL-C

     

0.574***

0.699***

-0.155

LDL-C

      

0.258**

0.097

TAG

       

-0.283**

  1. 1Significance: * for p < 0.05, ** for p < 0.01, *** for p < 0.001
  2. Abbreviations: Body mass index: BMI, Body mass index z-score: BMIz, Waist circumference: WC, Total cholesterol: TC, High density lipoprotein cholesterol: HDL-C, Very low density lipoprotein cholesterol: VLDL-C, Intermediate density lipoprotein cholesterol: IDL-C, Low density lipoprotein cholesterol: LDL-C, Triglycerides: TAG, Lp(a) cholesterol: Lp(a)-C