Table 3 Correlations between blood levels of C-reactive protein, and body mass index, age, and parameters of the insulin resistance syndrome. Results are given for men, no-oral contraceptives (OC) using women and oral contraceptives using women, separately (significant correlations are given in bold face; ^* p < .05; ^** p < .01).

day 1

day 3

day 5

day 1

day 3

day 1

day3

Age^#

-.10

-.11

-.12

.20

.29 ^**

-.10

-.04

BMI^#

.16

.24 ^*

.28 ^**

.52 ^**

.55 ^**

.49 ^**

.51 ^**

insulin^#

.06

.10

.27 ^**

.20

.19

.25

.21

TC

.13

.08

.15

.11

.02

.19

.16

LDL-C

.23 ^*

.05

.14

.21

.13

.10

.08

HDL-C

-.26 ^*

-.13

-.21

-.31 ^**

-.22 ^**

.05

.10

TG^#

.10

.21 ^*

.28 ^*

.26 ^*

.10

.29 ^*

.22

Fibrinogen^#

.62 ^**

.66 ^**

.70 ^**

.54 ^**

.56 ^**

.56 ^**

.56 ^**

t-PA antigen^#

.14

.14

.27 ^*

.35 ^**

.33

.08

.18

t-PA activity^#

-.21 ^*

-.26 ^*

-.38 ^**

-.36 ^**

-.32 ^**

.16

-.14

PAI-1 antigen^#

.20

.28 ^**

.41 ^**

.42 ^**

.39 ^**

-.04

.24