Table 4.

Multivariable regression analyses showing relationships between angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4) levels and phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) activity with high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), glycemia and plasma lipids in 77 subjects (41 subjects with and 36 subjects without Type 2 diabetes mellitus)

	Model A		Model B
	β	p-value	β	p-value
Age	0.139	0.23	0.209	0.065
Sex (men vs. women)	0.239	0.033	0.263	0.014
Glucose	−0.069	0.59	−0.081	0.51
NEFA	0.378	0.001	0.374	0.001
Total cholesterol	−0.301	0.010	−0.308	0.005
Triglycerides	0.133	0.30	0.105	0.39
PLTP activity	0.244	0.032	0.131	0.25
hsCRP			0.315	0.003

Model A: relationship of plasma ANGPTL4 with PLTP activity with hsCRP not being included as dependent variable

Model B: relationship of plasma ANGPTL4 with PLTP activity with hsCRP being included as dependent variable

β: standardized regression coefficient, NEFA: non-esterified fatty acids, T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus. ANGPTL4, hsCRP and triglycerides are log_e transformed