Table 2.

Correlations between osteopontin serum concentration and characteristics of the psoriatic patients (N = 170).

Characteristics	Variable	IU or Category	Test 1	Estimate	p
Age		years	r	–0.158	0.056
Obesity	BMI	kg/m2	r	–0.010	0.916
		overweight or obese vs. normal	H	0.671	0.715
	WHR	ratio	r	–0.118	0.227
		≥1 vs. <1	Z	1.500	0.133
	Waist circumference	cm	r	–0.105	0.280
		≥94 cm vs. <94 cm	Z	1.833	0.060
Blood pressure	Systolic	mm Hg	r	–0.070	0.477
		≥130 vs. <130	Z	0.287	0.774
	Diastolic	mm Hg	r	–0.060	0.542
		≥85 vs. <85	Z	0.347	0.729
Lipids	Total CHOL	mg/dL	r	–0.274	0.004
		>190 vs. ≤190	Z	1.626	0.104
	LDL–CHOL	mg/dL	r	–0.114	0.244
		≥115 vs. <115	Z	1.145	0.252
	HDL–CHOL	mg/dL	r	–0.058	0.562
		≤40 vs. >40	Z	0.444	0.657
	TG	mg/dL	r	–0.250	0.009
		≥150 vs. <150	Z	2.554	0.011
	CHOL/HDL	ratio	r	–0.094	0.334
		borderline or high risk vs. normal	H	1.904	0.386
	LDL/HDL	ratio	r	–0.036	0.712
		borderline or high risk vs. normal	H	0.512	0.774
	TG/HDL	ratio	r	–0.149	0.125
		above normal vs. normal	Z	1.988	0.047
Glucose		mg/dL	r	–0.106	0.275
		≥100 vs. <100	Z	0.542	0.588

¹ r—Spearman’s correlation coefficient, Z—Mann–Whitney’s test, H—Kruskal–Wallis’ test. BMI—Body mass index, WHR—Waist to hip ratio, total CHOL—Total cholesterol, HDL–CHOL—High–density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL–CHOL—Low–density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG—Triglycerides. Significant differences are in bold.