Table 4.

Correlations between lipid transfers to HDL, serum concentrations of CETP, unesterified cholesterol and LCAT activity

Parameters	Lipid transfers				Unesterified cholesterol	LCAT activity	CETP concentration
	Unesterified cholesterol	Cholesteryl ester	Phospholipid	Triglyceride
HDL-cholesterol	0.633†	0.333†	0.269†	0.383†	−0.088	−0.313†	0.168
LDL-cholesterol	−0.005	0.218*	0.220†	0.182*	0.416†	−0.170	0.059
Tryglicerides	−0.229†	0.103	−0.144	0.030	0.381†	0.034	−0.012
non HDL-cholesterol	−0.078	0.212*	0.188*	0.180*	0.511†	−0.120	0.050
TG/HDL-cholesterol	−0.322†	0.046	−0.059	−0.044	0.403†	0.083	−0.020
Unesterified cholesterol	−0.255†	0.119	0.007	0.040	–	−0.044	0.058
Total/unesterified cholesterol	0.226†	0.128	0.253†	0.154	−0.402†	−0.059	0.033
NEFA	0.490	0.044	−0.158	−0.054	0.003	0.265†	−0.056
Fasting glucose	−0.154	0.081	−0.098	−0.108	0.148	0.100	0.018
HbA1c	−0.022	0.027	−0.054	0.044	0.166*	−0.037	0.068
Apo A-I	0.697†	0.584†	0.316†	0.334†	−0.039	−0.383†	0.305†
Apo B	−0.219†	0.091	0.109	0.096	0.617†	−0.141	0.096
CETP concentration	0.185*	0.522†	0.117	0.183*	0.058	−0.149	0.032
LCAT activity	−0.460†	−0.235†	−0.317†	−0.283†	−0.044	–	−0.056
Cholesteryl ester transfer	0.364†	–	0.048	0.224†	0.119	−0.235†	0.522†
Phospholipid transfer	0.568†	0.048	–	0.576†	0.007	−0.317†	0.117
Unesterified cholesterol transfer	–	0.364†	0.568†	0.561†	−0.255†	−0.460†	0.185*
Triglyceride transfer	0.561†	0.224†	0.576†	–	0.040	−0.283†	0.183*
HDL diameter	0.055	0.122	−0.099	−0.006	−0.150	0.037	0.100
HDL lipid composition
Unesterified cholesterol	0.321†	0.121	0.057	0.204*	−0.218*	−0.111	0.181*
Tryglicerides	−0.134	0.185*	−0.151	−0.193*	−0.004	0.135	0.196*
Phospholipids	−0.161	−0.035	−0.036	−0.129	0.123	0.037	−0.176
Cholesteryl ester	0.141	−0.084	0.091	0.170	−0.066	−0.066	0.049

BMI Body mass index, HDL high density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein, TG triglycerides, UC unesterified cholesterol, HbA1 _c glycated hemoglobin, Apo apolipoprotein, CETP cholesteryl ester transfer protein, LCAT lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase, NEFA non-esterified fatty acids.

* p value <0.05.

^†p value <0.01.