Association of Copper Status with Lipid Profile and Functional Status in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Table 2

Correlation of plasma copper and serum ceruloplasmin with dietary copper and lipid profile of the participants.

Variable	Case group			Control group
			value			value
Plasma copper
Dietary copper	27	0.194	0.333	23	0.054	0.807
Serum ceruloplasmin	23	0.152	0.488	25	0.646	<0.001
Total cholesterol	27	0.293	0.138	25	0.446	0.025
LDL-cholesterol	27	0.292	0.140	24	0.445	0.029
HDL-cholesterol	26	0.398	0.044	25	0.479	0.015
Triglycerides	27	−0.208	0.297	25	0.371	0.068
Serum ceruloplasmin
Dietary copper	23	−0.145	0.508	24	−0.184	0.390
Total cholesterol	23	0.083	0.707	26	0.320	0.110
LDL-cholesterol	23	0.053	0.810	25	0.407	0.043
HDL-cholesterol	22	0.211	0.346	26	0.254	0.210
Triglycerides	23	−0.290	0.179	26	0.134	0.515

: Spearman’s correlation coefficient.