Table 3.

Pearson’s correlation coefficient analysis of the possible correlation between aortic valve calcification scores and laboratory variables.

Laboratory variable	All patients n = 152	CAVD group n = 112
TC	0.296†	0.135
LDL-C	0.395†	0.257†
Apo B	0.263†	0.154
Lp(a)*	0.408†	0.286†
PCSK9*	0.214†	−0.010
hs-CRP*	0.150	0.129

^*Log transformed data.

^†P < 0.01.

TC, total cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Apo B, apolipoprotein B; Lp(a), lipoprotein(a); PCSK9, proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9; hs-CRP, high sensitivity C-reactive protein.