Table 5.

Correlation between patterns of Kratom use and serum triglycerides and HDL.

Patterns of Kratom use	HDL		Triglyceride
	Coefficient	p-value	Coefficient	p-value
Age of first Kratom use (years old)	−0.0055	0.036∗	−0.015	0.798
Duration of Kratom use (years)	0.139	0.019∗	−0.017	0.772
Frequency of Kratom use per day (times)	0.105	0.077	−0.085	0.154
Number of Kratom leaves used per day (leaves)	0.068	0.258	−0.057	0.341