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

Table 5 Correlation between percent changes in lipid parameters and in LnRHI in subjects treated by ezetimibe

	r	p-value
Percent change in total cholesterol	−0.246	0.336
Percent change in LDL cholesterol	−0.375	0.138
Percent change in HDL cholesterol	−0.220	0.397
Percent change in triglyceride	0.150	0.565
Percent change in NEFA	0.137	0.601
Percent change in lathosterol	0.283	0.289
Percent change in campesterol	−0.273	0.306
Percent change in lathosterol/campesterol	0.324	0.221

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

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