Table 5.

Correlations of DNA damage markers with plasma lipid biomarkers at baseline in the Austrian study.

Biomarker	Lysis [%DNA in Tail]	H2O2 [%DNA in Tail]	FPG [%DNA in Tail]
Total-C [mg/dL]	0.472 **	0.256 **	0.394 **
HDL-C [mg/dL]	−0.243 **	−0.169	−0.027
LDL-C [mg/dL]	0.462 **	0.265 **	0.377 **
TG [mg/dL]	0.615 **	0.365 **	0.281 **
Total-C/HDL-C	0.600 **	0.364 **	0.296 **

C (cholesterol); TG (triglycerides); ** p < 0.01.