Table 2.

Interrelations between chemokines, traditional cardiovascular risk factors, hs-CRP, and fibrinogen in the CHD control group (n = 1,242): The PRIME Study

Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; CHD = coronary heart disease; HDL = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; hs-CRP = high sensitivity C-reactive protein; IP-10 = interferon-γ-inducible protein-10; MCP-1 = monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; RANTES = regulated on activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted; SBP = systolic blood pressure.

^aSpearman correlation for continuous variables and Kruskal-Wallis or Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test for categorical variables, respectively.

^bp < 0.01.

^cp < 0.001.

^dp < 0.05.

^eHypertension was defined as a blood pressure higher than 140/90 mm Hg or use of antihypertensive medication.