Homocysteine as a potential indicator of endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular risk in female patients with borderline personality disorder

Table 4 Spearman’s correlations (pooled BPD and HC data)

	Hcy	Age	BMI	WtH	Pack Years	SBP	DBP	HDL	LDL	HbA₁c	TSH	BSL	CTQ	TICS SSCS
Age	−.002
BMI	.033	.206
WtH	.126	.172	.475^b
Pack Years	.248	.114	.272 ^a	.371^b
SBP	.288 ^a	.080	.354^b	.329 ^b	.303 ^b
DBP	.248	.231	.382 ^b	.314 ^b	.280 ^a	.654 ^b
HDL	−.115	−.148	−.385 ^b	−.447 ^b	−.358 ^b	−.208	−.105
LDL	−.139	.261	.136	−.043	.023	.009	.184	−.064
HbA_1c	.280 ^b	.264 ^b	.384 ^b	.429 ^b	.257	.340 ^b	.170	−.355 ^b	.163
TSH	−.104	.013	−.044	−.294 ^a	−.276 ^a	−.171	−.151	.043	.178	−.140
BSL	.221	−.155	.465 ^b	.416 ^b	.527 ^b	.416 ^b	.305 ^b	−.408 ^b	−.090	.404 ^b	−.326 ^b
CTQ	.302 ^b	−.037	.462 ^b	.361 ^b	.573 ^b	.383 ^b	.287 ^a	−.463 ^b	−.077	.444 ^b	−.181	.711 ^b
TICS SSCS	.197	−.071	.411 ^b	.342 ^b	.471 ^b	.372 ^b	.250	−.375 ^b	−.086	.398 ^b	−.272 ^a	.870 ^b	.678 ^b
PSQI	.212	−.148	.449 ^b	.430 ^b	.434 ^b	.420 ^b	.249	−.434 ^b	−.070	.357 ^b	−.144	.735 ^b	.628 ^b	.713 ^b

BMI body mass index, WtH waist-to-hip ratio, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, BSL Borderline Symptom List, sum score, CTQ Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, sum score, TICS Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress, SSCS Screening Scale for Chronic Stress, PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, global score
^a Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)
^b Bonferroni-corrected significance p < 0.05/14 = .00357

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