Table 2 Correlations between proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin 9 and other biomarkers.

From: Sex Differences Associated With Circulating PCSK9 in Patients Presenting With Acute Myocardial Infarction

Biomarkers

AMI (N = 281)

Male (N = 220)

Female (N = 61)

r

P

r

P

r

P

cTnI

−0.010

0.864

−0.008

0.911

0.005

0.969

CKMB

−0.032

0.592

−0.036

0.599

0.053

0.687

BNP

0.050

0.432

0.092

0.202

−0.210

0.124

Hs-CRP

−0.010

0.860

0.027

0.703

−0.228

0.091

TC

0.044

0.479

0.026

0.710

0.056

0.677

LDL-C

−0.025

0.681

−0.034

0.625

−0.009

0.948

HDL-C

0.038

0.536

0.045

0.518

−0.097

0.474

TG

0.041

0.504

0.069

0.320

−0.060

0.658

  1. cTnI, cardiac troponin I; CKMB, MB isoenzyme of creatinine kinase; BNP, B-type natriuretic peptide; Hs-CRP, high-sensitive-C-reactive-protein; TC, total cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, total triglyceride.
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