SELP and metabolic syndrome: In MetS patients, serum sPLA2-IIa protein levels correlated positively with serum ICAM-1 (r = 0.308, p = 0.011), VCAM-1 (r = 0.430, p < 0.001), E-selectin (r = 0.374, p = 0.002), and P-selectin (r = 0.259, p = 0.033) (Fig. 1).