Table 3.

Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficients and Pearson Product‐Moment Correlation Coefficients Between β₂‐Microglobulin, Cystatin C, and Creatinine and Selected Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among 431 Control Women and 429 Control Men

	Spearman						Pearson
	Women			Men			Women			Men
	β2‐Microglobulin	Cystatin C	Creatinine	β2‐Microglobulin	Cystatin C	Creatinine	β2‐Microglobulin	Cystatin C	Creatinine	β2‐Microglobulin	Cystatin C	Creatinine
β2‐Microglobulin	1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00
Cystatin C	0.76‡	1.00		0.81‡	1.00		0.76‡	1.00		0.87‡	1.00
Creatinine	0.38‡	0.47‡	1.00	0.45‡	0.51‡	1.00	0.41‡	0.50‡	1.00	0.71‡	0.73‡	1.00
C‐reactive protein	0.20‡	0.19‡	−0.00	0.28‡	0.25‡	−0.00	0.09	0.06	−0.03	0.28‡	0.20‡	0.11*
HDL cholesterol	−0.15†	−0.22‡	0.01	−0.07	−0.05	0.03	−0.11*	−0.17‡	0.03	−0.06	−0.04	0.01
LDL cholesterol	0.12†	0.18‡	0.10*	−0.04	−0.00	0.04	0.10*	0.16‡	0.09	0.04	0.01	0.06
Triglycerides	0.16‡	0.20‡	0.12*	0.10*	0.14†	0.05	0.09	0.14†	0.09	0.08	0.10*	0.04
Hemoglobin A1c	0.16†	0.05	−0.04	−0.01	0.03	−0.04	0.13†	0.06	−0.04	−0.04	−0.04	−0.11*
Body mass index	0.14†	0.24‡	0.05	0.11*	0.14‡	0.06	0.17‡	0.24‡	0.06	0.02	0.01	−0.02
Physical activity	−0.08	−0.11*	0.03	−0.09	−0.07	0.01	−0.12*	−0.15†	−0.02	−0.04	−0.04	−0.00
Pack‐years of smoking	−0.03	0.106	−0.16‡	0.04	0.06	−0.08	−0.03	0.07	−0.16‡	−0.02	0.04	−0.08
Age	0.28‡	0.23‡	0.09	0.45‡	0.39‡	0.14†	0.30‡	0.25‡	0.09	0.33‡	0.35‡	0.17

HDL indicates high‐density lipoprotein; LDL, low‐density lipoprotein.

*P<0.05, ^†P<0.01, ^‡P<0.001.