. 2023 Nov 7;9(11):e21875. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21875

Table 3.

Spearman's correlation.

variable	Li	Zn	NO	TAC	hs-CRP	EF%	TG	TC	LDL-c	HDL-c	HbA₁C	BS	BMI	Age	Waist	Albumin
Li	1.0	−0.069	−.261**	.13*	−0.02	.154*	−.039	.066	.07	.094	−.116	−.046	.137*	−.108	.062	.146*
Zn		1.0	.254**	−.212**	.127	−.126	−.018	.072	.083	−.079	.083	.077	−.063	.090	−.019	.029
NO			1.0	−.382**	.151*	−.221**	.044	−.05	−.065	−.152*	.168**	.155*	−.08	.146*	−.003	−.173**
TAC				1.0	−0.13	.234**	.005	−.027	−.132	.159*	−.177*	−.099	.092	−.139*	.115	.01
hs-CRP					1.0	.007	.005	.131*	.072	.098	.042	.07	.122	.037	.147*	.123
EF%						1.0	−.044	−.005	.001	.109	−.067	−.012	.053	−.125	.007	.024
TG							1.0	.429**	.279**	−.012	−.043	−.014	.151*	−.071	.101	.336**
TC								1.0	.874**	.301	−.016	.118	.193**	−.008	0106	.389**
LDL-c									1.0	.132	.01	.139*	.172**	−.009	.140*	.357**
HDL-c										1.0	−.223**	−.138*	.098	−.05	.067	.099
HbA₁C											1.0	.554**	.154*	.162**	.170**	−.212**
BS												1.0	.179**	.187**	.126	−.068
BMI													1.0	−.117	.692**	.081
Age														1.0	.01	.017
Waist															1.0	.09
Albumin																1.0

Spearman's rho test was performed to examine the correlation between continuous variables, and the significance is as follows.

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed) **.

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed) *.

Abbreviation; Li: Lithium, Zn: Zinc, NO: Nitric Oxide, TAC: Total antioxidant capacity, hs-CRP: High-sensitivity C-reactive Protein, EF%: Ejection fraction percentage, TG: triglyceride, TC: Total cholesterol, HDL-c: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-c: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HbA₁C: Glycated hemoglobin, BS: Blood Sugar, BMI: Body mass index.