Markers of Systemic Inflammation and Apo-AI Containing HDL Subpopulations in Women with and without Diabetes

Table 2

Correlation coefficients () between markers of systemic inflammation and metabolic, lipid, and Apo-AI containing HDL subpopulations profile in women with and without type 2 diabetes.

	Total population		Women with type 2 diabetes		Women without type 2 diabetes
	hsCRP	IL-6	hsCRP	IL-6	hsCRP	IL-6
Age	—	0.17*	—	—	—	0.24*
Menopause duration	—	—	—	—	—	—
BMI	0.62	0.48	0.55	0.35*	0.58	0.49
Waist C	0.57	0.37	0.45	—	0.53	0.35*
Systolic BP	—	0.30	—	0.24*	—	0.24*
Diastolic BP	—	0.29	—	0.27*	—	—
Fasting BG	0.35	0.35	—	—	0.25*	—
Fasting insulin	0.51	0.43	0.45	0.36	0.52	0.44
Creatinine	—	—	−0.25*	—	—	—
Lipid and Apo-AI containing HDL subpopulations profile
Total-C	—	—	—	—	—	—
LDL-C	—	—	—	—	—	—
Triglycerides	0.28	0.19*	0.28*	—	—	—
HDL-C	−0.23*	−0.29	−0.26*	—	—	—
Apo-AI	—	−0.19*	—	—	—	—
Apo-AII	−0.19*	−0.32	−0.23*	−027*	—	−0.25*
α-1 HDL	−0.19*	−0.24*	−0.22*	—	—	−0.24*
α-2 HDL	—	−0.33*	—	−0.27*	—	—
α-3 HDL	—	0.18*	—	—	—	—
Pre-α-1 HDL	−0.023*	−0.24*	−0.21*	—	—	—

Only significant correlation coefficients (Spearman test) are shown. , value < 0.001; , value < 0.05. Waist C: waist circumference; BP: blood pressure; BG: blood glucose, Total-C: total cholesterol; Apo: apolipoprotein.