Table 5.
Pearson's correlation analysis at the baseline and after 24 weeks of consuming policosanol (20 mg) (Group 3).
| At 0 weeks | At 24 weeks | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBP | DBP | TC | TG | HDL-C | %HDL-C | TG/HDL-C | SBP | DBP | TC | TG | HDL-C | %HDL-C | TG/HDL-C | ||
| SBP | 1 | 0.825** | 0.257 | 0.485* | −0.460* | −0.433 | 0.487* | SBP | 1 | 0.896** | 0.402 | 0.513* | −0.235 | −0.507* | 0.589** |
| DBP | 1 | 0.340 | 0.631* | −0.305 | −0.387 | 0.593** | DBP | 1 | 0.492* | 0.497* | −0.119 | −0.549* | 0.549* | ||
| TC | 1 | 0.585** | −0.389 | −0.800** | 0.555* | TC | 1 | 0.181 | −0.103 | −0.881** | 0.217 | ||||
| TG | 1 | −0.584** | −0.671** | 0.988** | TG | 1 | 0.117 | −0.087 | 0.975** | ||||||
| HDL-C | 1 | 0.832** | −0.670** | HDL-C | 1 | −0.512* | −0.097 | ||||||||
| %HDL-C | 1 | −0.703** | %HDL-C | 1 | −0.201 | ||||||||||
| TG/HDL-C | 1 | TG/HDL-C | 1 | ||||||||||||
SBP, systolic blood pressure (mmHg); DBP, diastolic blood pressure (mmHg); TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride (mg/dl); HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl); % HDL, percentage of high density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG/HDL-C, triglyceride ratio high density lipoprotein cholesterol.
**
Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
*
Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).