Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2020 Feb 5;9(4):e012853. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.012853

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

© 2020 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley.

This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

PMC Copyright notice

Participant mean baseline characteristics and trends across quartiles of sphingolipids among 4206 CHS (Cardiovascular Health Study) participants. *Measured in 1992 to 1993 for all participants. The colored graphics show means or percentages of each characteristic across quartiles of each of the sphingolipids. Unadjusted linear and logistic regression models were used to assess statistically significant (P<0.0022; 0.05/23 characteristics) associations of log‐transformed sphingolipids with each characteristic; statistically significant positive trends are blue, statistically significant negative trends are red, and gray indicates P>0.0022. Cer‐16 indicates ceramide with palmitic acid; Cer‐20, ceramide with arachidic acid; Cer‐22, ceremide with behenic acid; Cer‐24, ceremide with lignoceric acid; CRP, C‐reactive protein; HDL, high‐density lipoprotein; HF, heart failure; LDL, low‐density lipoprotein; LV, left ventricle; MI, myocardial infarction; NT‐proBNP, N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide; Q1, quartile 1 (the mean or percentage of each characteristic among participants with a sphingolipid level in the lowest 25% of the distribution); Q4, quartile 4 (the mean or percentage among participants with a sphingolipid level in the highest 25% of the distribution); SM‐16, sphingomyelin with palmitic acid; SM‐20, sphingomyelin with arachidic acid; SM‐22, sphingomyelin with behenic acid; SM‐24, sphingomyelin with lignoceric acid.