Table 2

Pearson coefficients of correlation between SM and other continuous variables (age, further lipid variables, CETP, PLTP, and Hs-CRP), stratified by CAD. Comparison of r-values of cases and controls by Fisher's Z-transformation (p- and Z-values presented)

Sphingomyelin


All
Cases
Controls
p-value (Z-value)

Age, years
- 0.03
0.06
-0.03
0.11 (1.6)
BMI, kg/m2
0.08
0.09
0.06
0.59 (-0.54)
Total cholesterol, mg/dl
0.17
0.25
0.14
0.04 (2.03)
LDL cholesterol, mg/dl
0.13
0.20
0.13
0.2 (1.28)
HDL cholesterol, mg/dl
- 0.14
-0.08
-0.01
0.12 (-0.24)
Triglyceride, mg/dl‡
0.31
0.32
0.11
<0.001 (3.92)
Apolipoprotein A-I, g/l
-0.05
0.05
-0.07
0.03 (2.13)
Apolipoprotein B, g/l
0.34
0.36
0.25
0.03 (2.15)
Lipoprotein(a), mg/dl
0.03
0.01
-0.04
0.37 (0.89)
CETP, U/l
-0.11
-0.03
-0.19
< 0.001 (2.88)
PLTP, U/l
0.01
-0.06
0.08
0.01 (-2.94)
Hs-CRP, mg/l‡
0.05
0.05
0.12
0.21 (1.25)

‡: log-transformed variables

Schlitt et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2006 3:5   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-3-5