. 2017 Oct 13;17:64. doi: 10.1186/s12902-017-0217-z

Table 3.

Pearson partial correlation analysis between lipid profile and trace metal elements among type 2 diabetes study subjects adjusted for sex and age

Study parameters control for age and sex		TC (mg/dL)	HDL-C (mg/dL)	LDL-C (mg/dL)	TG (mg/dL)
Zn⁺² (μg/dL)	Correlation	−0.269	0.218	−0.261	−0.245
Zn⁺² (μg/dL)	Significance (2-tailed)	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*	<0.001*
Mg⁺² (mg/dL)	Correlation	−0.200	0.284	−0.237	−0.151
Mg⁺² (mg/dL)	Significance (2-tailed)	0.003*	<0.001*	<0.001*	0.028
Cr⁺³ (μg/L)	Correlation	−0.173	0.226	−0.204	−0.096
Cr⁺³ (μg/L)	Significance (2-tailed)	0.012*	<0.001*	0.003*	0.162
Ca ⁺² (mg/dL)	Correlation	−0.176	0.140	−0.103	−0.225
Ca ⁺² (mg/dL)	Significance (2-tailed)	<0.01*	0.041	0.133	<0.001*
Po₄ ^_3 (mg/dL)	Correlation	−0.142	0.195	−0.120	−0.117
Po₄ ^_3 (mg/dL)	Significance (2-tailed)	0.039	0.004*	0.080	0.090
Mn⁺² (μg/L)	Correlation	−0.091	0.023	−0.117	−0.017
Mn⁺² (μg/L)	Significance (2-tailed)	0.189	0.742	0.088	0.809
Cu⁺² (μg/dL)	Correlation	−0.031	0.021	−0.077	0.096
Cu⁺² (μg/dL)	Significance (2-tailed)	0.658	0.761	0.264	0.165
Fe⁺³ (μg/dL)	Correlation	−0.186	−0.005	−0.162	−0.092
Fe⁺³ (μg/dL)	Significance (2-tailed)	0.007*	0.940	0.020	0.183

*Correlation is significant at p < 0.01 (2-tailed)