Supplementary Table 1. Univariable and multivariable linear regression analyses for correlates of serum PCSK9 level without lipid-lowering medication subjects (n = 422).

	Univariate			Adjusted for age and sex
	β	SE	p-value	β	SE	p-value
Age	−0.006	0.002	< 0.001
Sex (Male = 0, Female = 1)	−0.051	0.027	0.065
Body mass index	0.004	0.004	0.283
Waist circumference	0.002	0.001	0.321
Systolic blood pressure	0.002	0.001	0.040	0.002	0.001	0.006
Diastolic blood pressure	0.002	0.001	0.047	0.001	0.001	0.357
Aspartate transaminase	0.004	0.001	< 0.001	0.004	0.001	< 0.001
Alanine transaminase	0.005	0.001	< 0.001	0.004	0.001	< 0.001
γ-glutamyl transferase	0.001	0.0002	< 0.001	0.001	0.0002	< 0.001
Estimated GFR	0.002	0.011	0.005	0.001	0.001	0.190
Triglycerides†	0.150	0.027	< 0.001	0.143	0.027	< 0.001
Total cholesterol	0.001	0.0004	0.014	0.001	0.0004	0.003
HDL-cholesterol	0.0002	0.001	0.807
LDL-cholesterol	0.001	0.0004	0.117
Lipoprotein(a)†	0.002	0.014	0.908
HOMA-IR†	0.060	0.020	0.003	0.054	0.020	0.007
Hs-CRP†	0.017	0.010	0.094
Hemoglobin A1c (NGSP)	0.071	0.031	0.021	0.076	0.030	0.011
Alcohol intake	0.055	0.027	0.043	0.022	0.031	0.475
Current smoking	0.052	0.044	0.234

^†The variable was represented in the original scale after analysis using log (natural) transformed values