Figure 2. Relationship of lysoPC (16:0) with plasma oxidized LDL, Lp-PLA₂ activity, urinary 8-epi-PGF_2α, and serum IL-6 in normotensive and prehypertensive subjects.

Notes: ^∮, tested by log-transformed; r₀, tested by Pearson correlation analysis (unadjusted); r₁, tested by partial correlation analysis (after adjusting for age, sex, BMI, WHR, smoking, and alcohol consumption); r₂, tested by partial correlation analysis (after adjusting for age, sex, BMI, WHR, smoking, alcohol consumption, and LDL-cholesterol).