Serum YKL-40 Levels Are Associated with the Atherogenic Index of Plasma in Children

Table 2

Correlation between serum YKL-40 levels and dyslipidemia.

		Crude and adjusted GM
Blood lipid level	Number	Crude GM (95% CI)	Adjusted GM (95% CI)	p-value
TC
Acceptable (<170)	248	21,350 (20,361–22,382)	21,330 (20,417–22,335)	0.404
Borderline (170-199)	165	22,233 (21,095–23,426)	22,233 (21,037–23,496)	0.267
High (≥200)	64	20,950 (19,146–22,929)	20,892 (19,142–22,855)	0.681
LDL-C
Acceptable (<110)	329	21,423 (20,582–22,299)	21,428 (20,606–22,284)	0.692
Borderline (110-129)	103	22,233 (20,758–23,817)	22,181 (20,701–23,823)	0.401
High (≥130)	45	21,414 (18,539–23,724)	21,428 (19,230–23,823)	0.979
HDL-C
Acceptable (>45)	415	21,296 (20,563–22,059)	21,281 (20,558–22,029)	0.037
Borderline (40-45)	41	22,714 (20,663–24,963)	22,750 (20,370–25,409)	0.264
Low (<40)	21	25,745 (21,266–31,167)	25,822 (22,130–30,199)	0.017
TG
Acceptable (<90)	184	21,071 (19,971–22,233)	21,086 (19,998–22,181)	0.011
Borderline (90-129)	147	20,615 (19,457–21,887)	20,606 (19,408–21,777)	0.568
High (≥ 130)	146	23,339 (22,069–24,683)	23,388 (22,029–24,774)	0.010

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval; GM, geometric mean; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride. values designate differences of covariance (ANCOVA) between three groups. values of the comparison between borderline or high groups with the healthy group by ANCOVA with post hoc analysis (LSD method). Geometric mean and 95% confidence intervals of YKL-40 were calculated by ANCOVA adjusting for gender (boy and girl) and age with LSD method. Numbers in bold indicate significant differences ().