Table 4.  Partial correlation coefficients between demographic data, dietary intake and markers of cardiovascular health in gymnasts and control.

Variables

Gymnasts

Controls

ICAM-1

hsCRP

Hsp27

Hsp27 IgG antibody

Hsp27 IgM antibody

  ICAM-1

hsCRP

Hsp27

Hsp27 IgG antibody

Hsp27 IgM antibody

Demographic:

BMI (kg/m2)

-.071

.159

.187

-.288

-.009

-.059

.303

.211

-.066

.028

PA (minutes/week)

-.309

.310

-.013

-.602

-.174

-.030

-.076

.011

-.211

-.066

Age (y)

-.440

.347

.464

.065

.282

.078

-.191

.202

.468

-.329

Dietary factors:

Total energy intake

-.036

-.548

-.620

.358

.147

.143

-.104

.355

.591

.230

CHO

-.201

-.399

-.595

.159

.236

.490

-.071

.438

.605*

.123

Fat

.157

-.635

-.604

.481

.039

.465*

-.107

.040

.004

.338

SFA

-.188

-.297

-.285

.382

-.144

.408

-.172

-.490

.096

.285

MUFAs

-.155

-.429

-.356

.201

-.163

.105

.105

-.095

.204

.362

PUFAs

-.107

-.525

-.332

.179

-.239

.052

-.108

.744*

-.192

.489

Chol

.333

-.504

-.296

.545

-.249

.143

-.104

-.032

.346

.409

Dietary micronutrients:

Zn

-.283

-.105

-.098

.364

.321

.334

.131

.175

.698*

-.287

Se

-.512

-.251

-.170

.104

.063

.332

-.103

-.701

-.173

.122

Vit C

-.611

.372

.182

-.576

.503

.011

-.095

-.096

-.165

.602

Vit A

-.758

.089

.055

-.398

.343

.101

.305

-.140

.111

-.146

Vit E

-.499

.195

.186

-.177

.293

.215

-.146

.044

-.041

-.161

BMI, body mass index; PA, physical activity; SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; Chol, cholesterol; CHO, carbohydrate; sICAM, intercellular adhesion molecule-1; Hsp27, heat shock protein 27; Se, selenium; Zn, zinc; Vit, vitamins; Significant correlation * p < 0.05