passages.id: split_5_test_2963_passage
passages.type: progene_text
passages.text: t-PA correlated positively in both ethnic groups with features of the metabolic syndrome but the ethnic difference in t-PA persisted after adjustment for adiposity , metabolic and inflammatory variables ( beta = 2.0 , 95 % confidence interval = 0.5 - 3.6 , P = 0.012 ) .