A pilot study of ezetimibe vs. atorvastatin for improving peripheral microvascular endothelial function in stable patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Table 4 Correlation between percent changes in lipid parameters and percent changes in LnRHI in all subjects

	r	p-value
Percent change in total cholesterol	−0.053	0.769
Percent change in LDL cholesterol	−0.053	0.770
Percent change in HDL cholesterol	−0.222	0.215
Percent change in triglyceride	0.236	0.186
Percent change in NEFA	−0.115	0.524
Percent change in lathosterol	0.354	0.047
Percent change in campesterol	−0.399	0.024
Percent change in lathosterol/campesterol	0.459	0.008

LDL: low-density lipoprotein, HDL: high-density lipoprotein, NEFA: non-esterified fatty acid, LnRHI: natural logarithmic transformed value of reactive hyperemia peripheral tonometry index.