Table 6. Spearman correlation matrix (2-tailed) of bile acids and other continuous variables.

Primary BAs	0.088
Secondary BAs	0.210*	0.518**
Unconjugated BAs	0.199*	0.658**	0.591**
Conjugated BAs	0.057	0.735**	0.670**	0.297**
Total BAs	0.165*	0.915**	0.773**	0.773**	0.774**
Primary / secondary BAs	-0.146	0.527**	-0.377**	0.088	0.156	0.187*
age	0.071	-0.028	-0.006	-0.030	0.022	0.006	-0.022
BMI	0.210*	0.049	-0.054	0.096	-0.021	0.042	0.095	-0.027
systolic BP	0.078	-0.060	-0.060	0.111	-0.154	-0.043	-0.043	0.090	0.124
diastolic BP	0.055	-0.006	-0.068	0.091	-0.120	-0.022	-0.008	-0.070	0.135	0.569**
glucose	0.174*	0.102	0.111	0.109	0.052	0.137	-0.074	0.086	0.349**	0.267**	0.154
HbA1c	0.271**	0.095	0.166*	0.203*	0.016	0.168*	-0.104	-0.095	0.324**	0.257**	0.084	0.736**
ASAT	-0.077	0.023	-0.017	-0.103	0.141	-0.003	0.042	-0.001	-0.006	-0.130	-0.021	-0.041	-0.090
ALAT	0.087	0.045	0.004	0.015	0.102	0.023	0.020	-0.113	0.154	0.008	0.150	0.136	0.142	0.742**
GFR mayo	-0.046	0.048	0.044	0.048	0.076	0.028	-0.006	-0.419**	0.103	0.034	0.003	0.002	0.032	0.080	0.285**
total cholesterol	0.219**	0.084	0.053	0.105	0.038	0.076	0.035	0.011	-0.090	-0.061	-0.007	-0.262**	-0.207*	-0.068	-0.121	0.010
LDL-cholesterol	0.213**	0.064	0.027	0.105	-0.002	0.053	0.054	0.000	-0.021	-0.024	0.003	-0.287**	-0.244**	-0.070	-0.124	0.039	0.908**
HDL-cholesterol	0.017	-0.048	-0.073	-0.086	-0.033	-0.055	0.012	0.006	-0.286**	-0.059	-0.045	-0.220**	-0.141	-0.167*	-0.228**	-0.142	0.334**	0.189*
non-HDL-cholesterol	0.260**	0.083	0.076	0.131	0.046	0.085	0.022	0.016	0.007	-0.014	0.028	-0.210*	-0.174*	0.007	-0.024	0.069	0.917**	0.918**	-0.001
triglycerides	0.356**	0.132	0.181*	0.201*	0.100	0.177*	-0.057	-0.065	0.181*	0.071	0.187*	0.183*	0.213**	0.050	0.165*	0.161*	0.359**	0.295**	-0.420**	0.560**
waist circumference	0.127	0.014	-0.031	0.121	-0.042	0.023	0.018	-0.045	0.832**	0.196*	0.165*	0.379**	0.325**	-0.037	0.152	0.179*	-0.113	-0.052	-0.286**	-0.012	0.210*
HOMA-IR	0.317**	0.141	0.119	0.223**	0.072	0.173*	-0.014	-0.050	0.498**	0.188*	0.169*	0.649**	0.604**	-0.017	0.202*	0.129	-0.201*	-0.183*	-0.265**	-0.130	0.238**	0.486**
severity CAD	-0.108	-0.190	0.016	-0.014	-0.068	-0.104	-0.223	0.001	0.185	0.015	-0.075	0.082	0.010	-0.030	-0.029	0.207	-0.105	-0.096	-0.188	-0.029	0.111	0.204	-0.038
	C4	Primary BAs	Secondary BAs	Unconjugated BAs	Conjugated BAs	Total BAs	Primary / secondary BAs	age	BMI	systolic BP	diastolic BP	glucose	HbA1c	ASAT	ALAT	GFR mayo	total cholesterol	LDL-cholesterol	HDL-cholesterol	non-HDL-cholesterol	triglycerides	waist circumference	HOMA-IR

Statistically significant correlations are printed in bold face (*: p≤0.05; ** p≤0.01).