Table 2.

Pearson’s partial correlation coefficients between apolipoprotein B/apolipoprotein A-I ratio and metabolic syndrome components across ethnicity (adjusted for age and gender)

Variable	European-Americans	P-value	African-Americans	P-value
Waist circumference (cm)	0.154	0.008	0.170	NS
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	0.144	0.013	0.304	0.005
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	0.059	NS	0.156	NS
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	− 0.454	<0.0001	− 0.579	<0.0001
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	0.415	<0.0001	0.406	<0.0001
Glucose (mg/dl)	0.080	NS	0.190	NS

Values for triglycerides were logarithmically transformed before analyses. HDL, high-density lipoprotein; NS, non significant.