Clinical Study
Plasma Levels of Acylation-Stimulating Protein Are Strongly Predicted by Waist/Hip Ratio and Correlate with Decreased LDL Size in Men
Table 1
Bivariate correlations of ASP with anthropometric and lipid parameters.
| | Parameter | R | value |
| | W/H |
0.55
| <0.0001 | | BMI |
0.264
| 0.017 | | TG |
0.23
| 0.037 | | Chol | −0.04 | 0.86 | | LDL-C | −0.038 | 0.73 | | HDL-C | −0.21 | 0.05 | | VLDL-C |
0.23
| 0.03 | | ApoB |
0.087
| 0.44 | | ApoA1 | −0.204 | 0.06 | | TG/HDL-C |
0.283
| 0.01 | | LDL-C/HDL-C |
0.13
| 0.24 | | LDL size | −0.25 | 0.025 |
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= significant, two tailed.
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