Table 3. Correlations between dimethylarginines, L-arginine and biological data (N = 612).

	ADMA		SDMA		L-arginine
	r	p	r	p	r	p
ADMA	–	–	0.248	<0.001	0.260	<0.001
SDMA	0.248	<0.001	–	–	0.057	0.162
L-arginine	0.260	<0.001	0.057	0.162	–	–
HDL-Cholest	−0.311	<0.001	0.083	0.040	−0.111	0.006
LDL-Cholest	0.070	0.088	−0.193	<0.001	0.169	<0.001
Total-Cholest	−0.041	0.309	−0.163	<0.001	0.144	<0.001
Triglycerides	−0.009	0.825	−0.074	0.068	0.106	0.009
Creatinine clearance	−0.078	0.061	−0.448	<0.001	0.107	0.010
Homocysteine	−0.077	0.067	0.386	<0.001	−0.042	0.321
HbA1c	−0.072	0.087	0.029	0.495	−0.038	0.368
CRP	0.051	0.212	0.145	<0.001	−0.025	0.546
Glucose	0.014	0.737	0.009	0.821	−0.060	0.142

ADMA: Asymmetric dimethylarginine; CRP: C-reactive protein; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein; SDMA: Symmetric dimethylarginine.