Table 5.

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

Correlation cholesterol/	r - Pearson
	Severe	Very severe
Age (years)	r = - 0.07, p=0.57	r = - 0.458, p=0.005
FVC (L)	r = 0.048, p=0.7	r = - 0.115, p=0.5
FVC (%)	r = 0.020, p=0.87	r = - 0.370, p=0.025
FEV1 (L)	r = 0.037, p=0.77	r = - 0.115, p=0.5
FEV1 (%)	r = - 0.057, p=0.66	r = - 0.315, p=0.06
FEV1/FVC	r = 0.070, p=0.57	r = 0.114, p=0.4
BMI (mmol/l)	r = 0.038, p=0.77	r = 0.230, p=0.18
LDL (mmol/l)	r = 0.895, p<0.001	r = 0.896, p<0.001
HDL (mmol/l)	r = - 0.667, p<0.001	r = - 0.793, p<0.001