Table 3.

Pearson correlations of proatherogenic inflammation markers iAUC during the cream challenge test with circulating lipids for the combined groups

	Basal Serum HSP-70	Serum HSP-70 iAUC	TLR-2 mRNA Content iAUC	TLR-2 Protein Content iAUC	Activated AP-1 iAUC	MMP-2 Protein Content iAUC
Total cholesterol, mg/dL
r	0.499	0.329	0.505	0.425	0.498	0.430
P	0.001*	0.041	0.0009*	0.006*	0.001*	0.006*
Triglycerides, mg/dL
r	0.589	0.405	0.524	0.551	0.520	0.457
P	0.0001*	0.012*	0.0005*	0.0002*	0.001*	0.003*
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL
r	−0.079	−0.333	−0.338	−0.149	−0.391	−0.228
P	0.627	0.044	0.036	0.358	0.017*	0.158
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL
r	0.382	0.347	0.396	0.355	0.448	0.400
P	0.019*	0.035	0.011*	0.029	0.004*	0.012*

AP-1, activator protein-1; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; HSP-70, heat shock protein-70; iAUC, incremental area under the curve; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; MMP-2, matric metalloprotease-2; mRNA, messenger ribonucleic acid; TLR-2, toll-like receptor-2.

Correlation analyses (Pearson product moment correlation coefficient calculations). *P < 0.02.