Table 7.

The correlation of HbA1c with age, functional parameters, BMI, cholesterol, LDL, HDL

Correlation cholesterol /	r - Pearson
	Severe	Very severe
Age (years)	r = 0.07, p=0.57	r = - 0.428, p=0.006
FVC L	r = 0.173, p=0.17	r = - 0.033, p=0.8
FVC%	r = 0.159, p=0.21	r = - 0.146, p=0.4
FEV1 L	r = - 0.05, p=0.69	r = - 0.065, p=0.7
FEV1 %	r = - 0.05, p=0.9	r = - 0.238, p=0.16
FEV1/FVC%	r = - 0.075, p=0.55	r = 0.07, p=0.68
BMI	r = 0.318, p=0.01	r = 0.144, p=0.4
Cholesterol (mmol/l)	r = 0.239, p=0.057	r = 0.792, p<0.001
LDL (mmol/l)	r = 0.314, p=0.012	r = 0.688, p<0.001
HDL (mmol/l)	r = - 0.433, p<0.001	r = - 0.793, p<0.001