Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 3 Relationship between AIP and continuous variables at diagnosis

From: Atherogenic index of plasma predicts cerebrovascular accident occurrence in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis

Variables	r-value	P-value
Age	0.068	0.386
Body mass index^a	0.102	0.191
White blood cell count (/mm³)	0.080	0.309
Hemoglobin (g/dL)^a	−0.124	0.113
Platelet count (× 1000/mm³)	0.069	0.377
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)	0.117	0.133
BUN (mg/dL)	0.187	0.016
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.141	0.071
Total serum protein (g/dL)	−0.201	0.010
Serum albumin (g/dL)^a	−0.209	0.007
ALP (IU/L)	0.100	0.199
AST (IU/L)	−0.093	0.237
ALT (IU/L)	−0.036	0.647
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.045	0.569
ESR (mm/hr)	0.171	0.028
CRP (mg/L)	0.169	0.030
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.075	0.338
TG (mg/dL)	0.770	< 0.001
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.579	< 0.001
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.035	0.650
BVAS^a	0.124	0.111
FFS	0.093	0.232

AIP Atherogenic index of plasma, BUN Blood urea nitrogen, ALP Alkaline phosphatase, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, ALT Alanine aminotransferase, ESR Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reactive protein, TG Triglyceride, HDL High-density lipoprotein, LDL Low-density lipoprotein, BVAS Birmingham vasculitis activity score, FFS Five-factor score
^a Normally distributed data

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