Table 2.

The correlations of sphingolipids with BMI, TC and TG in children with cholelithiasis.

	BMI	TG	TC
SPA	NS	NS	NS
C14:0-Cer	NS	R = 0.29; p = 0.01	R = 0.55; p < 0.001
C16:0-Cer	R = 0.28; p = 0.01	NS	R = 0.32; p = 0.003
C18:1-Cer	NS	NS	NS
C18:0-Cer	NS	NS	NS
C20:0-Cer	R = −0.35; p = 0.002	NS	NS
C24:1-Cer	R = −0.3; p = 0.007	R = 0.37; p < 0.001	NS
C16:0-LacCer	NS	NS	NS
C18:1-LacCer	NS	NS	R = −0.28; p = 0.01
C18:0-LacCer	NS	NS	NS
C24:1-LacCer	NS	NS	R = 0.24; p = 0.03
C24:0-LacCer	NS	R = 0.24; p = 0.03	R = 0.29; p = 0.009

SPA—sfinganine; BMI—body mass index, Cer—ceramide, LacCer—lactosylceramide, TG—triglicerides, TC—total cholesterol, NS—not significant.