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Table 3. Univariate correlations between differences in ergometry performance and distinct laboratory parameters.

Correlation coefficients are given as Spearman’s ρ.

	Age	BMI	Hb	Chol	LDL/HDL	Trig	ASAT	ALAT	BUN
Δ_performance	-0.244	0.033	-0.086	-0.460^*	-0.038	0.322	0.207	0.526^**	0.476^*
	Crea	Folic acid	21(OH)D	MPO	IGF-1
Δ_performance	-0.143	-0.521^**	-0.047	0.404^*	-0.294

Δ_performance … difference in physical performance between baseline and follow up, Hb … hemoglobin, Chol … total cholesterol, HDL/LDL … ratio of high densitiy lipoprotein to low-density lipoprotein, Trig … triglycerides, ASAT … aspartate aminotransferase, ALAT … alanine aminotransferase, BUN … blood urea nitrogen, Crea … Creatinine, 21(OH)D … 21(OH) Vitamin D₃, MPO … myeloperoxidase, IGF1- insulin like growth factor 1

* p < .05

** p < .01.