Table 4.

Univariate and multivariate Pearson’s correlation analyses of plasma IL18, MMP-22 and -29 and laboratory data

Variable	Correlation analysis	ln(IL18)		ln(MMP-22)		ln(MMP-29)
		r	P	r	P	r	P
hs-CRP (mg/L)	Univariate	0.112	0.110	0.112	0.091	0.012	0.860
	Multivariate*	0.125	0.090	0.167	0.023	0.025	0.731
NT-proBNP (pg/ml)	Univariate	0.018	0.807	−0.004	0.959	0.026	0.707
	Multivariate*	0.033	0.672	0.012	0.880	−0.003	0.968
HbA1C (%)	Univariate	−0.116	0.343	−0.017	0.879	0.009	0.938
	Multivariate*	−0.110	0.422	−0.026	0.850	−0.061	0.658
TC (mmol/L)	Univariate	0.069	0.311	0.000	0.997	0.000	0.996
	Multivariate*	0.074	0.307	0.076	0.291	0.007	0.920
TG (mmol/L)	Univariate	−0.056	0.414	−0.058	0.366	−0.165	0.012
	Multivariate*	−0.069	0.339	0.045	0.536	−0.169	0.018
HDL-C (mmol/L)	Univariate	0.035	0.605	0.068	0.295	0.130	0.048
	Multivariate*	0.035	0.625	−0.025	0.732	0.103	0.152
LDL-C (mmol/L)	Univariate	0.077	0.258	0.036	0.578	0.036	0.582
	Multivariate*	0.073	0.309	0.047	0.516	0.014	0.849

hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide; HbA1C, hemoglobin A1C; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. ^* Adjusted for smoking, diabetes, hypertension, age, and sex