Research Article

High-Sensitivity C Reactive Protein: Associations with Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Tracking in Female Adolescents and Young Adults

Table 1

Simple and partial correlations of hsCRP from age 16 to age 26 years.

At age 16At age 24At age 25At age 26

hsCRP first measured 𝑛 = 3 7 𝑛 = 1 6 6 𝑛 = 3 6 6 𝑛 = 2 0

Spearman correlation with hsCRP measured at age 16 𝑛 = 𝟑 𝟕 𝑛 = 6 𝑛 = 2 2
𝑟 = 0 . 7 7
𝑃 < . 0 0 0 1
𝑛 = 2 1
𝑟 = 0 . 5 0
𝑃 = . 0 2 1

Spearman correlation with hsCRP measured at age 24 𝑛 = 𝟏 𝟕 𝟐 𝑛 = 3 𝑛 = 1 4 7
𝑟 = 0 . 6 6
𝑃 < . 0 0 0 1
partial*
𝑛 = 1 3 9
𝑟 = 0 . 6 3
𝑃 < . 0 0 0 1

Spearman correlation with hsCRP measured at age 25 𝑛 = 𝟑 𝟗 𝟏 𝑛 = 2 2 5
𝑟 = 0 . 7 1
𝑃 < . 0 0 0 1
partial*
𝑛 = 2 2 3
𝑟 = 0 . 5 4
𝑃 < . 0 0 0 1

hsCRP measured at age 26 𝑛 = 𝟑 𝟗 𝟐

*partialed by age, race, BMI, total, HDL, and LDL cholesterol, triglyceride, insulin, systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure, all at the same age, and by maximum glucose measure from age 10 to age 24 years.