Blood Rheology and Platelet Function in Untreated Early-Stage Essential Hypertensives Complicated with Metabolic Syndrome

Table 4

Correlations between plasma viscosity and biochemical variables.

Variables	r	P value
Triglyceride	0.236	0.003
HDL-cholesterol	−0.204	0.011
Blood glucose	0.072	0.374
HOMA-IR	0.219	0.006
High-sensitive C-reactive protein	0.318	<0.001
Plasma fibrinogen	0.382	<0.001
Plasma leptin	0.263	<0.001

Abbreviations are as in Table 3.