Table 2.
Anthropometric, haematological, and lipid indicators associated with the homocysteine (Hcy) level.
| Parameters | Hcy (μmol/L) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female N = 240 |
Male N = 108 |
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| r (95% CI) | P-value | r (95% CI) | P-value | |
| BMI (kg m–2) | 0.161 (–0.01–0.34) | 0.078 | 0.049 (–0.35–0.42) | 0.791 |
| Body fat (%) | 0.180 (0.00–0.35) | 0.048 | 0.083 (–0.33–0.47) | 0.652 |
| Visceral fat (%) | 0.140 (–0.30–0.31) | 0.125 | 0.110 (–0.29–0.49) | 0.551 |
| skeletal muscle (%) | –0.221 (–0.38–0.05) | 0.015 | –0.050 (–0.42–0.34) | 0.785 |
| Erythrocytes (106 µL–1) | 0.085 (–0.08–0.25) | 0.352 | 0.173 (–0.21–0.50) | 0.344 |
| Haemoglobin (mg dL–1) | 0.042 (–0.14–0.20) | 0.649 | 0.289 (–0.05–0.61) | 0.109 |
| Haematocrit (%) | 0.021 (–0.15–0.18) | 0.817 | 0.192 (–0.17–0.53) | 0.292 |
| MCV (fL) | –0.081 (–0.25–0.09) | 0.377 | 0.121 (–0.26–0.52) | 0.509 |
| MCH (pg) | –0.040 (–0.12–0.24) | 0.664 | 0.114 (–0.17–0.53) | 0.535 |
| RDW-CV (%) | 0.072 (–0.11–0.26) | 0.435 | –0.311 (–0.60–0.05) | 0.084 |
| Leucocytes (103 µL–1) | 0.106 (–0.09–0.29) | 0.249 | 0.157 (–0.21–0.48) | 0.390 |
| Platelets (103 µL–1) | 0.119 (–0.08–0.30) | 0.193 | 0.166 (–0.17–0.49) | 0.363 |
| TC (mg dL–1) | 0.166 (–0.00–0.33) | 0.068 | –0.135 (–0.46–0.24) | 0.461 |
| TG (mg dL–1) | 0.179 (–0.00–0.35) | 0.050 | 0.226 (–0.16–0.54) | 0.213 |
| HDL-C (mg dL–1) | –0.076 (–0.25–0.09) | 0.406 | –0.461 (–0.72–[–0.13]) | 0.008 |
| LDL-C (mg dL–1) | 0.301 (0.12–0.46) | 0.001 | –0.030 (–0.33–0.30) | 0.869 |
| VLDL-C (mg dL–1) | 0.179 (–0.00–0.35) | 0.050 | 0.226 (–0.16–0.54) | 0.213 |
| TC/HDL ratio | 0.150 (–0.02–0.31) | 0.101 | 0.256 (–0.10–0.58) | 0.157 |
| LDL/HDL ratio | 0.296 (0.13–0.43) | 0.001 | 0.325 (–0.00–0.60) | 0.070 |
| AIP | 0.170 (−.00–0.35) | 0.062 | 0.361 (–0.01–0.62) | 0.043 |
BMI, body mass index; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; MCH, mean corpuscular haemoglobin; RDW-CV, red cell distribution width; Hcy, homocysteine; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol; VLDL-C, very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) cholesterol; AIP, atherogenic index of plasma. The data are presented as Spearman’s correlation coefficients (r). Statistical significance was set at P < 0.05.