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Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2015 May 7;35(7):1704–1711. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.115.305306

Table 3. Correlations Among Major and Minor Apo(a) Isoforms, OxPL-apoB, Lp(a) and Other Biomarkers of Oxidized Lipoproteins.

Trait	Spearman's rho	Minor Isoform	Lp(a)	OxPL-apoB	IgG ApoB-IC	IgM ApoB-IC	IgG MDA-LDL	IgM MDA-LDL	IgG CuOxLDL	IgM CuOxLDL
Major isoform	CorrCoeff	0.48	-0.48	-0.49	-0.02	0.02	0.02	0.08	-0.02	0.07
	P-Value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.74	0.83	0.82	0.21	0.78	0.30

Minor Isoform	CorrCoeff		-0.015	-0.30	-0.05	-0.11	0.07	0.05	0.10	0.02
	P-Value		0.021	<0.001	0.45	0.12	0.29	0.48	0.13	0.74

Lp(a)	CorrCoeff			0.57	0.20	0.07	0.10	0.06	0.16	0.08
	P-Value			<0.001	<0.001	0.19	0.05	0.26	0.001	0.14

OxPL-apoB	CorrCoeff				0.26	0.11	0.06	0.09	0.09	0.09
	P-Value				<0.001	0.036	0.29	0.09	0.08	0.10

IgG ApoB-IC	CorrCoeff					0.22	0.69	0.13	0.59	0.14
	P-Value					<0.001	<0.001	0.010	<0.001	0.008

IgM ApoB-IC	CorrCoeff						0.22	0.69	0.24	0.72
	P-Value						<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

IgG MDA-LDL	CorrCoeff							0.23	0.80	0.21
	P-Value							<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

IgM MDA-LDL	CorrCoeff								0.25	0.88
	P-Value								<0.001	<0.001

IgG CuOxLDL	CorrCoeff									0.28
	P-Value									<0.001

The correlation analysis was carried in out in twins pairs with complete data on isoforms, OxPL-apoB and other biomarkers of oxidized lipoproteins (n=224).