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Table 4.

Correlation Between Cholesterol Homeostasis Markers and CVD Risk Factors^*

Variable	Women						Men
Variable	Age	BMI	LDL‐C	HDL‐C	Non–HDL‐C	TG^*	Age	BMI	LDL‐C	HDL‐C	Non–HDL‐C	TG
Cholesterol synthesis markers^*
Squalene	−0.14^*	−0.06^*	−0.13^*	0.02	−0.12^*	−0.04	−0.16^*	0.03	−0.10^*	−0.09^*	−0.04	0.07^*
Desmosterol	0.11^*	0.06^*	−0.07^*	−0.03	−0.07^*	−0.03	0.19^*	0.06	−0.17^*	0.02	−0.18^*	−0.08^*
Lathosterol	0.07^*	0.08^*	−0.08^*	0.02	−0.08^*	−0.04	0.11^*	0.02	−0.10^*	−0.05	−0.06^*	0.07^*
Cholesterol absorption markers^*
Campesterol	−0.12^*	−0.23^*	−0.01	0.14^*	−0.09^*	−0.26^*	−0.21^*	−0.15^*	0.02	0.10^*	−0.04	−0.19^*
Sitosterol	−0.12^*	−0.30^*	−0.03	0.14^*	−0.12^*	−0.31^*	−0.17^*	−0.20^*	0.03	0.11^*	−0.04	−0.19^*
Cholestanol	−0.02	0.03	−0.31^*	−0.04	−0.30^*	−0.10^*	−0.01	0.01	−0.27^*	−0.07^*	−0.28^*	−0.08^*
Cholesterol synthesis:absorption ratio^*
Lathosterol:campesterol	0.13^*	0.22^*	−0.04	−0.09^*	0.01	0.16^*	0.22^*	0.12^*	−0.08^*	−0.10^*	−0.01	0.18^*
Lathosterol:sitosterol	0.13^*	0.26^*	−0.02	−0.08^*	0.04	0.19^*	0.19^*	0.15^*	−0.09^*	−0.11^*	−0.01	0.18^*
Lathosterol:cholestanol	0.07^*	0.04	0.17^*	0.04	0.15^*	0.03	0.09^*	0.003	0.11^*	0.01	0.14^*	0.11^*

CVD indicates cardiovascular disease; BMI, body mass index; LDL‐C, LDL cholesterol; HDL‐C, HDL cholesterol; TG, triglycerides.

Pearson product moment correlation coefficient.

Triglycerides and cholesterol synthesis and absorption markers and ratios were log‐transformed during analysis to correct for their skewed distributions.

^‡P<0.05; ^§P<0.01; ^¶P<0.001.