Table 4.
Spearman correlations between biomarkers and potential cardiovascular risk factors.
cardiovascular risk factor | ||||||
biomarker | age | BMI | LDL | IMT | SBP | smoking |
controls: | ||||||
8-IP | 0.090 | 0.272 | 0.039 | 0.131 | 0.161 | 0.416** |
selenium | 0.299* | -0.305* | 0.227 | -0.031 | -0.240 | -0.281 |
CRP | 0.059 | 0.427** | 0.238 | 0.205 | 0.255 | 0.043 |
IL-6 | 0.091 | 0.421** | 0.018 | 0.201 | 0.248 | 0.214 |
insulin | 0.009 | 0.408** | 0.148 | 0.125 | -0.030 | 0.014 |
adiponectin | 0.142 | -0.256 | 0.015 | 0.065 | 0.132 | 0.281 |
VCAM | 0.413** | 0.062 | 0.327* | 0.339* | 0.191 | 0.232 |
E-selectin | 0.212 | 0.111 | 0.434** | 0.257 | 0.252 | 0.188 |
RA patients: | ||||||
8-IP | 0.321* | 0.198 | 0.271 | 0.170 | 0.088 | 0.308* |
selenium | 0.160 | 0.100 | 0.189 | 0.073 | 0.191 | 0.117 |
CRP | 0.221 | 0.160 | 0.019 | 0.184 | 0.215 | 0.257 |
IL-6 | -0.185 | -0.251 | -0.234 | -0.342* | -0.242 | 0.049 |
insulin | 0.245 | 0.594** | 0.119 | 0.254 | 0.369* | 0.117 |
adiponectin | 0.265 | -0.331* | -0.049 | 0.067 | 0.127 | -0.031 |
VCAM | 0.102 | 0.297* | 0.214 | 0.369* | 0.188 | 0.019 |
E-selectin | 0.015 | 0.389** | 0.388** | 0.198 | 0.135 | 0.372* |
Results are expressed as r values. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01.