Table 5.

Correlations (Spearman correlation coefficient—rho) between IMT, FMD, LVMi, SDS-BMI, and traditional cardiovascular risk factors and inflammatory markers in the study group.

	IMT	FMD	LVMi	SDS-BMI
BMI	rho = 0.51, P < 0.001	rho = −0.30, P = 0.001	rho = 0.38, P = 0.001	rho = 0.89, P < 0.001
SDS-BMI	rho = 0.45, P < 0.001	rho = −0.30, P < 0.001	rho = 0.43, P < 0.001	—
HOMA	rho = 0.29, P < 0.001	rho = −0.34, P < 0.001	rho = 0.32, P = 0.008	rho = 0.41, P = 0.001
SBP	rho = 0.54, P < 0.001	rho = −0.20, P = 0.010	rho = 0.32, P = 0.006	rho = 0.47, P < 0.001
DBP	rho = 0.21, P = 0.050	rho = −0.14, P = 0.160	rho = 0.04, P = 0.700	rho = 0.38, P = 0.002
TC	rho = 0.03, P = 0.700	rho = −0.10, P = 0.300	rho = 0.09, P = 0.400	rho = 0.27, P = 0.03
LDL	rho = 0.01, P = 0.800	rho = −0.13, P = 0.190	rho = 0.06, P = 0.600	rho = 0.05, P = 0.6
HDL	rho = −0.36, P < 0.001	rho = 0.21, P = 0.030	rho = −0.25, P = 0.030	rho = −0.35, P = 0.01
TG	rho = 0.14, P = 0.170	rho = −0.10, P = 0.300	rho = 0.23, P = 0.190	rho = 0.13, P = 0.18
hsCRP	rho = 0.38, P < 0.001	rho = −0.3, P = 0.005	rho = 0.31, P = 0.016	rho = 0.46, P < 0.001
IL-6	rho = 0.35, P = 0.001	rho = −0.34, P = 0.001	rho = 0.08, P = 0.400	rho = 0.36, P = 0.006
TNFα	rho = 0.36, P < 0.001	rho = −0.36; P < 0.001	rho = 0.33, P = 0.009	rho = 0.02, P = 0.8