TABLE 2.

Baseline (n = 135) correlations of plasma lipids and lipoproteins with plasma sterols

	Total cholesterol	LDL-C	HDL-C	Triglycerides	sdLDL-C
Lathosterol	0.233b	0.172c	−0.068	0.251b	0.310d
Campesterol	0.174c	0.190c	0.133	−0.105	−0.105
Sitosterol	0.261b	0.247b	0.244b	−0.137	−0.138
Cholestanol	0.017	−0.020	0.284d	−0.187c	−0.226b
Lathosterol/Ca	−0.053	−0.059	−0.207c	0.195c	0.234b
Campesterol/Ca	−0.010	0.059	0.027	−0.159	−0.152
Sitosterol/Ca	0.094	0.132	0.160	−0.206c	−0.204c
Cholestanol/Ca	−0.278b	−0.239b	0.122	−0.263b	−0.273b
Lathosterol/campesterol ratio	0.010	−0.046	−0.157	0.255b	0.273b

^aRatio of the plasma sterols to 10² umol/mmol of cholesterol.

^bP < 0.01.

^cP < 0.05.

^dP < 0.001. The non linear variables were log transformed for the correlations.