Table 1.

Non-parametric Spearman Correlation Matrix of inflammatory markers

	Score	CRP	LDL	HDL	Trigly	Fibrino	BMI
	Rho*	Rho	Rho	Rho	Rho	Rho	Rho
	(P-value)	(P-value)	(P-value)	(P-value)	(P-value)	(P-value)	(P-value)
Number of teeth*	−0.79	−0.29	0.04	0.12	−0.11	−0.28	0.02
	(<.0001)	(<.0001)	(0.37)	(0.006)	(0.01)	(<.0001)	(0.66)
Asymptotic	1	0.25	−0.08	−0.14	0.10	0.24	0.018
dental infection		(<.0001)	(0.09)	(0.002)	(0.02)	(<.0001)	(0.69)
Score (Score)
C-reactive protein		1	−0.11	−0.26	0.25	0.22	−0.16
(CRP) (mg/L)			(0.01)	(<.0001)	(<.0001)	(<.0001)	(0.0003)
LDL cholesterol			1	0.21	0.02	0.13	0.002
(LDL) (mmol/L)				(<.0001)	(0.65)	(0.004)	(0.97)
HDL cholesterol				1	−0.48	−0.10	−0.15
(HDL) (mmol/L)					(<.0001)	(0.02)	(0.001)
Triglyceride					1	0.06	0.25
(Trigly) (mmol/L)						(0.2)	(<.0001)
Fibrinogen						1	−0.0002
(Fibrino) (g/L)							(0.99)

^*Rho: Spearman’s non-parametric correlation coefficient

Significant correlations are in bold.

Juxtaposing correlations are in blank. The correlation of HDL to CRP is the same as CRP to HDL.