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Table 4 Correlations between lipid transfers to HDL, serum concentrations of CETP, unesterified cholesterol and LCAT activity

From: Alterations in lipid transfers to HDL associated with the presence of coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Parameters

Lipid transfers

Unesterified cholesterol

LCAT activity

CETP concentration

Unesterified cholesterol

Cholesteryl ester

Phospholipid

Triglyceride

HDL-cholesterol

0.633†

0.333†

0.269†

0.383†

−0.088

−0.313†

0.168

LDL-cholesterol

−0.005

0.218*

0.220†

0.182*

0.416†

−0.170

0.059

Tryglicerides

−0.229†

0.103

−0.144

0.030

0.381†

0.034

−0.012

non HDL-cholesterol

−0.078

0.212*

0.188*

0.180*

0.511†

−0.120

0.050

TG/HDL-cholesterol

−0.322†

0.046

−0.059

−0.044

0.403†

0.083

−0.020

Unesterified cholesterol

−0.255†

0.119

0.007

0.040

–

−0.044

0.058

Total/unesterified cholesterol

0.226†

0.128

0.253†

0.154

−0.402†

−0.059

0.033

NEFA

0.490

0.044

−0.158

−0.054

0.003

0.265†

−0.056

Fasting glucose

−0.154

0.081

−0.098

−0.108

0.148

0.100

0.018

HbA1c

−0.022

0.027

−0.054

0.044

0.166*

−0.037

0.068

Apo A-I

0.697†

0.584†

0.316†

0.334†

−0.039

−0.383†

0.305†

Apo B

−0.219†

0.091

0.109

0.096

0.617†

−0.141

0.096

CETP concentration

0.185*

0.522†

0.117

0.183*

0.058

−0.149

0.032

LCAT activity

−0.460†

−0.235†

−0.317†

−0.283†

−0.044

–

−0.056

Cholesteryl ester transfer

0.364†

–

0.048

0.224†

0.119

−0.235†

0.522†

Phospholipid transfer

0.568†

0.048

–

0.576†

0.007

−0.317†

0.117

Unesterified cholesterol transfer

–

0.364†

0.568†

0.561†

−0.255†

−0.460†

0.185*

Triglyceride transfer

0.561†

0.224†

0.576†

–

0.040

−0.283†

0.183*

HDL diameter

0.055

0.122

−0.099

−0.006

−0.150

0.037

0.100

HDL lipid composition

 Unesterified cholesterol

0.321†

0.121

0.057

0.204*

−0.218*

−0.111

0.181*

 Tryglicerides

−0.134

0.185*

−0.151

−0.193*

−0.004

0.135

0.196*

 Phospholipids

−0.161

−0.035

−0.036

−0.129

0.123

0.037

−0.176

 Cholesteryl ester

0.141

−0.084

0.091

0.170

−0.066

−0.066

0.049

  1. BMI Body mass index, HDL high density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein, TG triglycerides, UC unesterified cholesterol, HbA1 c glycated hemoglobin, Apo apolipoprotein, CETP cholesteryl ester transfer protein, LCAT lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase, NEFA non-esterified fatty acids.
  2. * p value <0.05.
  3. †p value <0.01.