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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Diabetes. 2017 Jan 17;18(8):755–760. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12490

Table 2.

Correlation of PCSK9 with clinical variables by sex.

	Females		Males

Clinical Variable	Correlation Coefficient*	P-value	Correlation Coefficient*	P-value
BMI (kg/m²)	0.341	<0.0001	0.006	0.95
Systolic BP (mmHg)	0.247	0.002	0.114	0.23
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	0.052	0.53	0.158	0.10
Fasting Glucose (mg/dL)	0.235	0.003	0.129	0.17
Fasting Insulin (mU/mL)	0.300	0.0003	-0.008	0.94
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.293	0.0002	0.275	0.003
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.337	<0.0001	0.292	0.002
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	-0.154	0.05	0.131	0.16
Non-HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.328	<0.0001	0.246	0.008
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	0.154	0.05	0.094	0.32
CRP (mg/dL)	0.235	0.02	0.223	0.07

^*

Correlations between clinical variables and PCSK9 within sex were determined using Spearman correlation. Significant values denoted in bold.