DUSP1 Is a Potential Marker of Chronic Inflammation in Arabs with Cardiovascular Diseases

Table 2

Correlation between nontraditional CVD risk markers with various parameters of the study subjects.

	DUSP1		hsCRP		oxLDL
Parameter	Cases	Controls	Cases	Controls	Cases	Controls
Age (years)	-0.235	-0.120	0.060	-0.230	0.145	0.035
Waist (cm)	-0.190	0.260	0.293	0.250	-0.082	-0.173
Hip (cm)	-0.138	0.108	0.383	0.360	0.017	-0.034
BMI (kg/m^2)	-0.099	0.256	0.385	0.395	0.015	-0.099
SBP (mmHg)	-0.070	0.257	0.137	0.127	0.018	-0.386
DBP (mmHg)	0.070	0.085	0.139	0.247	-0.167	-0.392
FBG (mmol/l)	-0.129	-0.001	0.011	-0.026	-0.075	0.135
TC (mmol/l)	0.117	0.108	0.236	0.018	-0.117	0.271
TG (mmol/l)	0.096	0.174	0.112	0.272	-0.395	-0.365
HDL (mmol/l)	-0.176	-0.085	0.050	-0.192	0.354	0.515
LDL (mmol/l)	0.111	0.030	0.181	-0.017	-0.056	0.253
oxLDL (μg/l)	-0.184	-0.164	0.068	-0.127 (0.332)	—	—
hsCRP (μg/l)	-0.018	0.176	—	—	0.068	-0.127
DUSP1 (ng/l)	—	—	-0.018	0.176	-0.184	-0.164

Values are Spearman’s correlation coefficients. ; ; .