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Table 6 Correlation between lipid profile and clinical data of the patients (linear correlation coefficient)

From: Highlights on the link between vitamin D and lipid panel in Egyptian multiple sclerosis patients

Correlations
	Cholesterol		TG		HDL		LDL
	r	P value	R	P value	r	P value	r	P value
Duration of illness	0.197	0.038	0.212	0.025	− 0.138	0.148	0.243	0.010
Total number of relapses	0.373	<0.001	0.047	0.625	− 0.279	0.003	0.280	0.003
Age	0.086	0.367	0.112	0.242	− 0.106	0.268	0.132	0.167
Age of onset	− 0.029	0.766	− 0.012	0.897	− 0.105	0.274	− 0.008	0.937
ARR	− 0.029	0.765	− 0.137	0.151	0.029	0.762	− 0.057	0.556

HDL high density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein, TC total cholesterol, TG tri-glycerides -

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