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Published in final edited form as: J Clin Lipidol. 2010 Feb 6;4(2):113–119. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2010.01.006

Table 2.

Pearson correlations: lipid, vitamin D, and adiposity variables

Characteristic	HDL cholesterol	HDL particle size	HDL particle concentration		Total 25-0H vitamin D

			Total	Large
HDL variables
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	-	-	-	-	0.33^*
HDL particle size, nm	0.77^*	-	-	-	0.18^†
HDL particle concentration, µmol/L :	0.47^*	−0.16^†	-	-	0.20^†
Large HDL particle subclass	0.83^*	−0.92^*	−0.03	-	0.30^*
Small-to-medium HDL particle subclass	−0.09	0.64^*	−0.83^*	0.59^*	0.004
Other lipid variables
LDL particle concentration, mmol/L	−0.57^*	−0.56^*	−0.12	−0.49^*	0.06
LDL particle size, nm	0.62^*	0.76^*	−0.07	0.71^*	0.04
Trigycerides, mg/dL	−0.23^*	−0.41^*	−0.22^*	−0.39^*	0.12
VLDL and chylomicrone particle concentration, nmol/L	−0.18^†	−0.41^*	0.28^*	−0.38^*	0.04
VLDL particle size, nm	0.03	0.08	−0.08	0.05	−0.11
Adiposity and Hypertension variables
Visceral adipose tissue area, cm²	−0.41^*	−0.38^*	−0.02	−0.45^*	−0.16^†
Subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue area, cm²	−0.26^*	−0.11	−0.18^†	−0.21^†	−0.38^*
Total body fat mass, kg	−0.32^*	−0.16^†	−0.21^†	−0.24^*	−0.36^*
High blood pressure (>140/90 mm Hg or treated hypertension)	−0.02	−0.03	−0.10	−0.09	−0.46^*

HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, Low-density lipoprotein; VLDL, very-low-density Lipoprotein.

Numbers in bold indicate significance at P < .05.

^†

P < .20.