Parameters Triglycerides /HDL-C LDL-C /LDL-apo B small, dense LDL in mg/dL Triglycerides /HDL-C LDL-C /LDL-apo B small, dense LDL in mg/dL
Age  0.336 0.087 -0.071 -0.104 0.186 0.048
Fasting glucose -0.005 -0.03 -0.035 0.496 0.029 0.008
Total cholesterol 0.409   0.592 0.18 -0.269 0.752 0.318
Triglycerides 0.813 0.344 0.251 0.779 0.015 0.321
LDL-C 0.205 0.453 0.567 -0.312 0.689   0.456
HDL-C -0.513 -0.333 0.269 -0.674 0.163 0.268
Apo B  -0.612  -0.599 0.087  -0.571 -0.412 0.138
Weak (+/-) correlation: r = (+/-) 0.3 to 0.5, Moderate (+/-) correlation: r = (+/-) 0.5 to 0.8,
Strong (+/-) correlation: r = (+/-) 0.8 to 1.0
Table 2: Correlation (r) between parameters and the equations