Table 4.

Correlations of APOL1 plasma levels with fasting lipid and plasma cytokine levels

Variable	All Controls			All Cases
	Patients (n)	Spearman ρ	P Value	Patients (n)	Spearman ρ	P Value
Total cholesterol	147	0.27	<0.001	65	0.12	0.35
Triglycerides	147	0.09	0.28	65	0.25	0.04
LDL cholesterol	143	0.20	0.02	61	−0.05	0.70
HDL cholesterol	146	0.10	0.21	63	0.13	0.32
C-reactive protein	179	0.03	0.72	89	0.01	0.90
β2-Microglobulin	179	−0.11	0.14	89	0.13	0.24
sTNFR1	179	−0.08	0.30	89	0.05	0.65
sTNFR2	179	−0.17	0.02	89	0.00	1
IL-6	179	0.11	0.13	89	−0.02	0.85
CCL2	179	−0.06	0.45	89	0.06	0.56
CCL5	179	0.16	0.03	89	0.19	0.07
IFN-α	179	−0.06	0.40	89	0.04	0.74

Complete fasting lipid data were not available for all patients at the case definition time point (baseline) when APOL1 plasma levels were assayed. Correlation values between |0.2 and 0.39| are considered weak.