Associations of Serum Nitric Oxide with Vitamin D and Other Metabolic Factors in Apparently Healthy Adolescents

Table 2

Association between NOx and other parameters.

Parameters	All	Boys	Girls
N (%)	740	245 (33.1)	495 (66.9)
Age (years)	0.01	0.25∗∗	0.06
Body Mass Index (kg/m^2)	0.10∗	0.07	0.04
Waist circumference (cm)	0.09∗	0.03	0.10
Hip circumference (cm)	0.20∗∗	0.03	0.12∗
WHR	-0.12∗∗	-0.04	0.04
Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)	0.11∗∗	0.33∗∗	0.13∗∗
Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)	0.10∗	-0.04	0.08
Glucose (mmol/l)	-0.06	-0.03	0.03
Triglycerides (mmol/l)#	0.26∗∗	0.25∗∗	0.31∗∗
Total Cholesterol (mmol/l)	-0.36∗∗	-0.38∗∗	-0.29∗∗
LDL-Cholesterol (mmol/l)	-0.22∗∗	-0.11	-0.26∗∗
LDL/HDL ratio	0.07	0.15∗	-0.01
HDL-Cholesterol (mmol/l)	-0.38∗∗	-0.38∗∗	-0.27∗∗
25(OH)D (nmol/l)#	-0.21∗∗	0.04	-0.37∗∗

Note: data is presented as coefficient (R); # denotes log transform; ∗ denotes significance at 0.05 level; ∗∗ denotes significance at 0.01 level.