Low serum docosahexaenoic acid is associated with progression of coronary atherosclerosis in statin-treated patients with diabetes mellitus: results of the treatment with statin on atheroma regression evaluated by intravascular ultrasound with virtual histology (TRUTH) study

Table 4 Univariate predictors of atheroma progression during statin therapy

	r	p value
Age	0.156	0.28
Gender	0.166	0.25
Coronary artery disease status	0.017	0.9
Hypertension	0.245	0.09
Smoking	0.220	0.12
Type of statin	-0.196	0.17
TC	-0.224	0.12
LDL-C	-0.061	0.67
Triglycerides	-0.192	0.18
HDL-C	-0.237	0.1
Apolipoprotein AI	-0.241	0.1
Apolipoprotein B	-0.239	0.1
Hs-CRP	2.576	0.99
Oxidized LDL	-0.080	0.6
Lipoprotein(a)	-0.109	0.46
Small dense LDL	-0.151	0.32
EPA	-0.317	0.03
DHA	-0.353	0.02
AA	-0.277	0.07
EPA/AA	-0.149	0.33
DHA/AA	-0.111	0.47
EPA + DHA/AA	-0.145	0.34
Glucose	-0.028	0.85
HbA1c	-0.050	0.77
Insulin	0.220	0.12
eGFR	0.038	0.79

Male gender, unstable angina pectoris, hypertension, smoking, pitavastatin, and insulin use were assigned a value of 1. Female gender, stable angina pectoris, normotension, nonsmoking, pravastatin and no insulin use were assigned a value of 0.
Abbreviations as in Table 2.

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