Comparison of Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 and High Sensitive C-Reactive Protein as Determinants of Metabolic Syndrome in Subjects without Coronary Heart Disease: In Search of the Best Predictor

Table 3

Correlation coefficients of Lp-PLA2 with demographic variables, lipid factors, blood glucose, blood pressure, hsCRP, and fibrinogen.

Lp-PLA2			hsCRP
Variable	Correlation coefficient		Variable	Correlation coefficient
BMI	0.20	0.02	BMI	0.54	<0.0001
Waist	0.28	<0.001	Waist	0.48	<0.0001
Blood glucose	0.05	0.56	Blood glucose	0.17	<0.05
SBP	0.09	0.25	SBP	0.23	<0.01
DBP	0.18	0.03	DBP	0.15	0.07
LDL-C	0.62	<0.001	LDL-C	0.15	0.07
HDL-C	−0.45	<0.001	HDL-C	−0.25	<0.01
Non-HDL-C	0.66	<0.001	Non-HDL-C	0.27	<0.001
hsCRP	−0.04	0.67	Lp-PLA2	0.40	<0.0001
Fibrinogen	−0.02	0.79	Fibrinogen	0.40	<0.0001
Creatinine	0.32	<0.001	Creatinine	0.02	NS

BMI: body mass index; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; hsCRP: high sensitive C-reactive protein; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Lp-PLA2: lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2; NS: not significant; SBP: systolic blood pressure.