Assessment of the Body Composition and Parameters of the Cardiovascular Risk in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Table 4

Correlations Pearson/Spearman correlation coeficient and value: () between hsCRP, IL-6, homocysteine, IMT, and cardiovascular risk factors in children with JIA.

JIA all patients,
	hsCRP	IL-6	Homocysteine	IMT
Age
	BMI
BMI percentile
	Total cholesterol, mg/dL
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL
	HDL cholesterol, mg/dL
hsCRP, mg/L
	IL-6, pg/mL
Homocysteine, µmol/L

JIA: juvenile idiopathic arthritis, BMI: body mass index, LDL: low density lipoprotein, HDL: high density lipoprotein, hsCRP: high sensitivity lipoprotein, IL-6: interleukin 6, and IMT: intima media thickness.