Table 6.

Correlation analyses of the serum levels of adiponectin with the serum levels of the HDL subclasses, performed separately for the HVs and patients with MS.

	Adiponectin (µg/mL)
	HV (N = 65)		MS (N = 65)
Variable (mg/dL)	r	p	r	p
HDL-C	0.53	<0.0001	0.32	0.0099
HDL1-C	0.58	<0.0001	0.27	0.0304
HDL2-C	0.57	<0.0001	0.38	0.0018
HDL3-C	0.40	0.0009	0.34	0.0057
HDL4-C	−0.15	0.2239	0.13	0.3129
HDL-FC	0.55	<0.0001	0.42	0.0005
HDL1-FC	0.52	<0.0001	0.32	0.0087
HDL2-FC	0.47	0.0001	0.33	0.0065
HDL3-FC	0.20	0.1123	0.37	0.0027
HDL4-FC	−0.14	0.2639	0.26	0.0385
HDL-TG	0.16	0.1958	0.24	0.0508
HDL1-TG	0.44	0.0002	0.30	0.0136
HDL2-TG	0.18	0.1434	0.23	0.0685
HDL3-TG	−0.09	0.4864	0.10	0.4067
HDL4-TG	−0.42	0.0005	0.00	0.9834
HDL-PL	0.59	<0.0001	0.43	0.0004
HDL1-PL	0.61	<0.0001	0.35	0.0042
HDL2-PL	0.59	<0.0001	0.40	0.0011
HDL3-PL	0.42	0.0004	0.36	0.0030
HDL4-PL	−0.11	0.3640	0.20	0.1132
HDL-apoA-I	0.49	<0.0001	0.37	0.0022
HDL1-apoA-I	0.58	<0.0001	0.33	0.0082
HDL2-apoA-I	0.54	<0.0001	0.31	0.0110
HDL3-apoA-I	0.38	0.0021	0.32	0.0084
HDL4-apoA-I	−0.22	0.0760	0.19	0.1328
HDL-apoA-II	−0.06	0.6577	0.12	0.3386
HDL1-apoA-II	0.46	0.0001	0.20	0.1069
HDL2-apoA-II	0.36	0.0031	0.14	0.2698
HDL3-apoA-II	−0.08	0.5036	0.13	0.2986
HDL4-apoA-II	−0.37	0.0027	0.00	0.9822

Spearman’s correlation analyses were used to evaluate the associations between the serum levels of adiponectin and the serum levels of the HDL subclasses. p-values < 0.0005 are considered statistically significant after Bonferroni correction for multiple testing and are depicted in bold. ApoA-I, apolipoprotein A-I; apoA-II, apolipoprotein A-II; C, cholesterol; FC, free cholesterol; HV, healthy volunteer; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; MS, metabolic syndrome patient; PL, phospholipid; r, Spearman’s correlation coefficient; TG, triglyceride.