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Table 3 Spearma’s correlation coefficients of CAD categories with each of the metabolic parameters, anthropometric variables and life style habits in 292 CAD patients

From: Serum high concentrations of homocysteine and low levels of folic acid and vitamin B12 are significantly correlated with the categories of coronary artery diseases

Variable

CAD categories

p value

Homocysteine

0.286

<0.001

Folic acid

-0.297

<0.001

Vitamin B12

-0.208

<0.001

TC

0.242

<0.001

TG

0.141

0.016

HDL-C

-0.153

0.009

LDL-C

0.187

0.001

GLU

0.088

0.132

UA

0.078

0.182

Age

0.151

0.010

SBP

0.135

0.021

DBP

0.125

0.032

BMI

0.148

0.011

Gender

0.128

0.028

Smoking

0.278

<0.001

Alcohol drinking

0.072

0.218

  1. Hcy homocysteine, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, GLU glucose, UA uric acid, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, BMI body mass index