Table 5.

Correlation Matrix: Vitamin D, BMI, and Lipid Tests^a.

		Vitamin D	BMI	Total Cholesterol	LDL	Triglycerides
Vitamin D	Pearson correlation	1	−.132*	−.198**	−.168*	−.301**
	P		.043	.002	.010	.000
BMI	Pearson correlation	−.132*	1	.086	.183**	.183**
	P	.043		.188	.005	.005
Total cholesterol	Pearson correlation	−.198**	.086	1	.834**	.429**
	P	.002	.188		.000	.000
LDL	Pearson correlation	−.168*	.183**	.834**	1	.314**
	P	.010	.005	.000		.000
Triglycerides	Pearson correlation	.301**	.183**	.429**	.314**	1
	P	.000	.005	.000	.000
HDL	Pearson correlation	.069	−.252**	.231**	−.125	−.362**
	P	.296	.000	.000	.056	.000

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein.

^aN = 234. Two-tailed significance, significant P values are bolded.

^*Correlation significant at the .05 level. **Correlation significant at the .01 level.