Distribution of Paraoxonase-1 (PON-1) and Lipoprotein Phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) across Lipoprotein Subclasses in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 3

Simple () and partial () Pearson’s correlation coefficients of the relationship between PON1-arylesterase and serum lipids and lipoprotein subfractions.

	Pearson’s correlation coefficient ()	Partial Pearson’s correlation coefficient ()
Total cholesterol	0.187	0.074
HDL-C	0.394	0.239
LDL-C	0.194	0.063
Triglycerides	−0.275	−0.100
Large HDL-C (%)	0.268	0.077
Medium HDL-C (%)	−0.141	0.014
Small HDL-C (%)	−0.254	−0.111
Large HDL-C (mg/dL)	0.381	0.193
Medium HDL-C (mg/dL)	0.376	0.234
Small HDL-C (mg/dL)	0.129	0.065
Large LDL-C	0.209	0.050
Small LDL-C	−0.175	0.092
Mean LDL particle size	0.295	0.182
Large IDL-C	0.071	0.053
Medium IDL-C	0.114	0.110
Small IDL-C	0.375	0.268
VLDL-C	−0.061	0.050

; ; significant partial correlation coefficients are highlighted in italics; covariates: age, sex, smoking, hypertension, and BMI. HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; VLDL; very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; IDL-C, intermediate-density lipoprotein cholesterol.