Table 2.

Pearson correlation coefficients^a (r-values) between the biomarker response variables, ACLS 1987–99

	Mean arterial pressure	Total cholesterol	HDL- cholesterol	Triglycerides	Fasting glucose	Uric acid	White blood cell count
BMI	0.35	0.19	−0.39	0.35	0.24	0.47	0.23
Mean arterial pressure		0.20	−0.17	0.24	0.20	0.30	0.09
Cholesterol			0.06	0.36	0.12	0.21	0.09
HDL-cholesterol				−0.42	−0.15	−0.40	−0.18
Triglycerides					0.22	0.34	0.20
Fasting glucose						0.14	0.09
Uric acid							0.16

^aAll correlations had P < 0.0001.