Table 2.

Spearman Partial Correlation Coefficients Between β₂‐Microglobulin, Cystatin C, and Creatinine and Selected Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among 431 Control Women and 429 Control Men

	Women			Men
	β2‐Microglobulin	Cystatin C	Creatinine	β2‐Microglobulin	Cystatin C	Creatinine
β2‐Microglobulin	1.00			1.00
Cystatin C	0.74‡	1.00		0.77‡	1.00
Creatinine	0.37‡	0.46‡	1.00	0.44‡	0.50‡	1.00
C‐reactive protein	0.19‡	0.18‡	−0.01	0.24‡	0.21‡	−0.02
HDL cholesterol	−0.17‡	−0.24‡	0.01	−0.10*	−0.07	0.03
LDL cholesterol	0.10*	0.16‡	0.09	−0.04	0.00	0.05
Triglycerides	0.16‡	0.20‡	0.12*	0.13†	0.17‡	0.08
Hemoglobin A1c	0.11*	−0.00	−0.06	−0.06	−0.01	−0.05
Body mass index	0.14†	0.24‡	0.05	0.16†	0.18‡	0.06
Physical activity	−0.10*	−0.13†	0.02	−0.07	−0.06	0.01
Pack‐years of smoking	0.00	0.10*	−0.15†	0.04	0.07	−0.08
Age	0.28‡	0.23‡	0.09	0.45‡	0.39‡	0.14†

Correlations are age‐adjusted except age. HDL indicates high‐density lipoprotein; LDL, low‐density lipoprotein.

*P<0.05, ^†P<0.01, ^‡P<0.001.