Table 2.

Correlations between galectin-3, aortic arch calcification, and various vascular risk profiles.

	Age	SBP	DBP	Diabetes	CAD	Neutrophil	hsCRP	BNP	HDL	LDL	TG	AoAC
Galectin-3	0.135**	0.069	0.138*	0.028	0.117*	0.217**	0.306**	0.149**	− 0.181**	0.101	0.043	0.255**
Age		− 0.097	− 0.275**	− 0.001	0.160	0.009	0.207**	0.100	− 0.041	− 0.045	− 0.204**	0.527**
SBP			0.566**	0.243**	0.026	0.096	− 0.074	− 0.112	− 0.010	0.070	0.160	0.014
DBP				0.095	0.025	0.0780	0.069	− 0.137	− 0.008	0.080	0.04	− 0.188**
DM					0.121*	0.180**	0.085	0.070	− 0.135**	− 0.012	0.021	0.032
CAD						0.104*	0.122*	0.173**	− 0.128*	0.022	− 0.015	0.143**
Neutrophil count							0.274**	0.112	− 0.172*	0.034	0.033	0.145**
hsCRP								0.213**	− 0.163**	− 0.065	− 0.055	0.196**
BNP									0.036	0.095	− 0.101	0.125*
HDL										0.166**	− 0.247**	− 0.074
LDL											0.251**	− 0.015
TG												− 0.047

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, CAD coronary artery disease, HDL high density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein, BNP B-natriuretic peptide, hsCRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, AoAC aortic arch calcification.