Table 3. Correlation between concentrations of HDL-c and inflammatory, endothelial activation and oxidative stress biomarkers.

	HDL-c (mmol/L)	hsCRP (mg/L)	IL-6 (pg/ml)	sICAM-1 (ng/ml)	sVCAM-1 (ng/ml)	E-selectin (ng/ml)	ox-LDL (mU/L)	F2-isoprostane (ng/ml)	MDA (nmol/ml)
HDL-c (mmol/L)	–	−0.09	−0.119*	0.042	−0.109*	−0.154**	−0.078	−0.198***	−0.107*
hsCRP (mg/L)	−0.09	–	0.211***	0.111	0.005	0.09	0.053	0.104	−0.024
IL-6 (pg/ml)	−0.119*	0.211***	–	0.024	0.058	0.181***	0.062	0.013	−0.023
sICAM-1 (ng/ml)	0.042	0.111	0.024	–	0.162**	0.111*	0.142**	−0.029	−0.139**
sVCAM-1 (ng/ml)	−0.109*	0.005	0.058	0.162**	–	0.231***	−0.047	−0.068	0.039
E-selectin (ng/ml)	−0.154**	0.09	0.181***	0.111*	0.231***	–	−0.016	0.023	0.02
ox-LDL (mU/L)	−0.078	0.053	0.062	0.142**	−0.047	−0.016	–	−0.078	−0.157**
F2-isoprostane (ng/ml)	−0.198***	0.104	0.013	−0.029	−0.068	0.023	−0.078	–	0.03
MDA (nmol/ml)	−0.107*	−0.024	−0.023	−0.139**	0.039	0.02	−0.157**	0.03	–

Significant at,*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p < 0.001