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Table 3 Correlations between Lp(a) and laboratory variables

From: Lp(a), oxidized phospholipids and oxidation-specific epitopes are increased in subjects with keloid formation

Variables

Combined groups (N = 200)

Non-keloid controls (n = 100)

Keloid cases (n = 100)

Total cholesterol

0.14 (0.16)

0.13 (0.21)

0.20 (0.046)

LDL-cholesterol

0.17 (0.09)

0.17 (0.08)

0.18 (0.08)

OxPL-apoB

0.79 (< 0.0001)

0.82 (< 0.0001)

0.75 (< 0.0001)

IgG MDA-Mimotope

0.26 (0.009)

0.27 (0.008)

0.22 (0.028)

IgM MDA-Mimotope

0.09 (0.34)

0.12 (0.22)

0.05 (0.64)

IgG ApoB-IC

0.04 (0.68)

-0.04 (0.70)

0.006 (0.95)

IgM ApoB-IC

0.09 (0.33)

0.03 (0.73)

0.03 (0.77)

  1. Data given as r (P-value) for correlations with levels of Lp(a). Associations were tested using Pearson correlation with skewed variables first being normalised via log transformation or use of square roots (Lp(a)). No other variables correlated with Lp(a)
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Lipids in Health and Disease

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