Table 2.

Unadjusted associations with thoracic aorta vascular inflammation.

Variables	Spearman’s correlation coefficient (ρ) on Thoracic Aorta Inflammation, TBR* n = 439 aortic slices	P-value
Age	-0.49	<0.001
Male	0.36	<0.001
Body Mass Index	0.12	0.014
hs-CRP	-0.20	0.40
Serum Triglycerides (mg/dl)	0.23	<0.001
Serum Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)	0.35	<0.001
Serum LDL Cholesterol (mg/dl)	0.40	<0.001
Serum HDL Cholesterol (mg/dl)	-0.42	<0.001
LDL particle concentration (mmol/l)	0.43	<0.001
Large LDL particle concentration (nmol/l)	0.04	0.40
Small LDL particle concentration (nmol/l)	0.23	<0.001
LDL size (nm)	-0.12	0.01
HDL particle concentration (μmol/l)	-0.16	<0.001
Large HDL particle concentration (μmol/l)	-0.59	<0.001
Small HDL particle concentration (μmol/l)	0.24	<0.001
HDL size (nm)	-0.64	<0.001

^*TBR- Tissue to background ratio.