Table 4. Correlations (r) between markers of vascular inflammation with and without adjustments for the covariates^*.

	PTX-3	sICAM	sVCAM	z-score
Unadjusted
PTX-3	1.000	−0.108	0.230^‡	0.585^§
sICAM-1	−0.108	1.000	0.218^‡	0.579^§
sVCAM-1	0.230^‡	0.218^‡	1.000	0.755^§
z-score	0.585^§	0.579^§	0.755^§	1.000

Adjusted
PTX-3	1.000	−0.107	0.192^†	0.574^§
sICAM-1	−0.107	1.000	0.216^‡	0.592^§
sVCAM-1	0.192^†	0.216^‡	1.000	0.731^§
z-score	0.574^§	0.592^§	0.731^§	1.000

All individual inflammatory markers and composite z-scores were logarithmically transformed to achieve normality in distribution before statistical analyses.

Body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides and glucose levels. Composite z-scores were calculated as described in the Materials and Methods section.

^†

p<0.01;

^‡

p<0.001;

^§

p<0.0001

Abbreviations: PTX, pentraxin-3; sICAM-1, soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1; sVCAM-1, soluble vascular adhesion molecule-1.

Table 4. Correlations (r) between markers of vascular inflammation with and without adjustments for the covariates*.

Table 4. Correlations (r) between markers of vascular inflammation with and without adjustments for the covariates^*.