Table 1. Correlation of inflammatory mediator release in endothelial cells with baseline sCD40 and lipid concentration in blood products.

		lipids	sCD40L
IL-6	Pearson correlation	0.269	−0.112
	Significance	<0.001 *	0.119
IL-8	Pearson correlation	0.075	−0.124
	Significance	0.299	0.085
CXCL-1	Pearson correlation	0.146	−0.131
	Significance	0.042 *	0.069

N = 194.

IL-6: interleukin-6; IL-8: interleukin-8; CXCL1: chemokine ligand 1; sCD40L: soluble CD40 ligand.