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

Table 6 Correlation between percent changes in lipid parameters and in LnRHI in subjects treated by atorvastatin

	r	p-value
Percent change in total cholesterol	−0.106	0.696
Percent change in LDL cholesterol	−0.420	0.105
Percent change in HDL cholesterol	0.276	0.300
Percent change in triglyceride	0.438	0.065
Percent change in NEFA	−0.055	0.893
Percent change in lathosterol	−0.180	0.504
Percent change in campesterol	−0.098	0.723
Percent change in lathosterol/campesterol	−0.121	0.655

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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