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Table 3.

Correlations between YKL-40 and clinical parameters. ∗: correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). ∗∗: correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). Hcy: homocysteine.

			SBP	DBP	YKL40	TC	TG	HDL	LDL	HCY	CRP
Spearman's rho	SBP	correlation coefficient	1.000	.752^∗∗	.276^∗∗	.108	.328^∗∗	-.194	.043^∗∗	.056^∗∗	.080
	SBP	Sig.(2-tailed)	.	.000	.000	.180	.000	.015	.595	.487	.321
	DBP	correlation coefficient	.752^∗∗	1.000	.257^∗∗	.172^∗	.323^∗∗	-.175^∗∗	.082	.141^∗∗	.060^∗
	DBP	Sig.(2-tailed)	.000	.	.001	.032	.000	.028	.309	.078	.456
	YKL40	correlation coefficient	.276^∗∗	.257^∗∗	1.000	.148	.293^∗∗	-.114^∗∗	.060^∗∗	.166	.250
	YKL40	Sig.(2-tailed)	.000	.001	.	.064	.000	.154	.454	.038	.002
	TC	correlation coefficient	.108	.172^∗	.148	1.000	.465^∗∗	.150	.781^∗	-.081	.119
	TC	Sig.(2-tailed)	.180	.032	.064	.	.000	.060	.000	.312	.139
	TG	correlation coefficient	.328^∗∗	.323^∗∗	.293^∗∗	.465^∗∗	1.000	-.395^∗∗	.274^∗∗	-.074^∗∗	.135^∗∗
	TG	Sig.(2-tailed)	.000	.000	.000	.000	.	.000	.001	.354	.094
	HDL	correlation coefficient	-.194^∗	-.175^∗	-.114	.150	-.395^∗∗	1.000^∗	.052^∗	-.037	-.001
	HDL	Sig.(2-tailed)	.015	.028	.154	.060	.000	.	.521	.645	.988
	LDL	correlation coefficient	.043	.082	.060	.781^∗∗	.274^∗∗	.052	1.000	-.052	.047^∗∗
	LDL	Sig.(2-tailed)	.595	.309	.454	.000	.001	.521	.	.517	.557
	HCY	correlation coefficient	.056	.141	.166^∗	-.081	-.074	-.037	-.052	1.000^∗	-.064
	HCY	Sig.(2-tailed)	.487	.078	.038	.312	.354	.645	.517	.	.427
	CRP	correlation coefficient	.080	.060	.250^∗∗	.119	.135	-.001	.047	-.064^∗∗	1.000
	CRP	Sig.(2-tailed)	.321	.456	.002	.139	.094	.988	.557	.427	.