Oxidative Stress: An Effective Prognostic Tool for an Early Detection of Cardiovascular Disease in Menopausal Women

Table 2

Correlation matrix (bivariate) of various risk factors among normolipidemic and hyperlipidemic menopausal women with and without CVD.

	AIP []
Variables	Normolipidemic non-CVD menopausal women		Normolipidemic CVD menopausal women		Hyperlipidemic non-CVD menopausal women		Hyperlipidemic CVD menopausal women
		value		value		value		value
TC	−0.179	<0.05	−0.068	NS	0.013	NS	0.243	<0.01
TG	0.356	<0.01	0.439	<0.001	0.666	<0.001	0.702	<0.001
VLDL-C	0.324	<0.01	0.396	<0.01	0.680	<0.001	0.700	<0.001
LDL-C	0.135	NS	0.310	<0.01	0.048	NS	0.248	<0.01
HDL-C	−0.800	<0.001	−0.799	<0.001	−0.632	<0.001	−0.813	<0.001
MDA	0.118	NS	0.199	<0.05	0.171	NS	0.207	<0.01
LDL cbpr.	−0.024	NS	0.650	<0.001	0.046	NS	0.385	<0.001
SOD	−0.121	NS	0.032	NS	0.026	NS	0.031	NS

AIP is atherogenic index of plasma taken as an index of LDL particle size.
is significant, is highly significant, and is extremely significant.