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Table 3 Spearman’s rho correlations (p value): adiponectin and inflammatory biomarkers vs. anthropometric and metabolic determinations in all women, women without metabolic syndrome, and women with metabolic syndrome

From: Inflammatory markers and cardiovascular risks among overweight-obese Emirati women

 

BMI

WC

HC

BF

TC

LDL

HDL

TG

SBP

DBP

FFM

All women (n = 110)

 Adiponectin

−0.040 (0.679)

−0.200* (0.036)

−0.042 (0.663)

0.032 (0.742)

0.079 (0.410)

0.046 (0.631)

0.234* (0.014)

−0.262** (0.006)

0.101 (0.293)

−0.021 (0.826)

0.049 0.608)

 hsCRP

0.315** (0.001)

0.367** (0.000)

0.365** (0.000)

0.257** (0.007)

0.107 (0.267)

0.080 (0.407)

−0.240* (0.012)

0.343** (0.000)

−0.078 (0.419)

−0.007 (0.943)

0.211* (0.028)

 IL6

0.184 (0.055)

0.243* (0.010)

0.223* (0.019)

0.281** (0.003)

−0.049 (0.610)

−0.087 (0.366)

−0.228* (0.017)

0.185 (0.053)

0.093 (0.336)

−0.006 (0.950)

0.251** (0.008)

 TNFα

0.164 (0.087)

0.165 (0.085)

0.092 (0.342)

0.253** (0.008)

0.046 (0.630)

0.020 (0.836)

−0.087 (0.367)

0.086 (0.373)

0.102 (0.290)

0.131 (0.172)

0.179 (0.062)

Women without metabolic syndrome (n = 61)

 Adiponectin

0.052 (0.690)

−0.087 (0.506)

0.023 (0.862)

0.085 (0.513)

0.002 (0.985)

−0.085 (0.514)

0.339** (0.007)

−0.214 (0.097)

0.175 (0.177)

−.018 (0.889)

0.008 (0.950)

 hsCRP

0.169 (0.197)

0.274* (0.034)

0.320* (0.013)

0.071 (0.590)

−0.033 (0.802)

−0.015 (0.912)

−0.209 (0.109)

0.330* (0.010)

−0.013 (0.921)

0.054 (0.683)

0.130 (0.321)

 IL6

0.235 (0.068)

0.300* (0.019)

0.358** (0.005)

0.187 (0.149)

−0.261* (0.042)

−0.266* (0.038)

−0.237 (0.066)

0.087 (0.505)

0.037 (0.776)

0.002 (0.989)

0.290* (0.023)

 TNFα

0.148 (0.255)

0.033 (0.798)

0.000 (1.000)

0.201 (0.120)

−0.076 (0.558)

−0.117 (0.370)

−0.061 (0.640)

0.070 (0.591)

0.058 (0.658)

0.131 (0.315)

0.095 (0.468)

Women with metabolic syndrome (n = 49)

 Adiponectin

−0.163 (0.263)

−0.321* (0.025)

−0.133 (0.362)

−0.027 (0.854)

0.214 (0.140)

0.223 (0.123)

−0.006 (0.969)

−0.175 (0.229)

0.298* (0.037)

0.151 (0.301)

0.069 (0.638)

 hsCRP

0.423** (0.002)

0.338* (0.018)

0.398** (0.005)

0.433** (0.002)

0.190 (0.191)

0.133 (0.361)

−0.203 (0.161)

0.267 (0.063)

−0.403** (0.004)

−0.140 (0.339)

0.297* (0.038)

 IL6

0.097 (0.508)

0.084 (0.567)

0.035 (0.811)

0.356* (0.012)

0.157 (0.281)

0.119 (0.414)

−0.199 (0.170)

0.252 (0.081)

−0.009 (0.952)

−0.072 (0.625)

0.182 (0.209)

 TNFα

0.146 (0.318)

0.257 (0.074)

0.185 (0.204)

0.295* (0.040)

0.144 (0.322)

0.139 (0.341)

0.029 (0.842)

0.012 (0.937)

−0.022 (0.880)

0.114 (0.434)

0.260 (0.072)

  1. BMI body mass index, BF body fat, DBP diastolic blood pressure, FBG fasting blood glucose, FFM fat-free muscle, HC hip circumference, hsCRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, IL-6 interleukin-6, LDL low-density lipoprotein, SBP systolic blood pressure, TC total cholesterol; TG triglycerides, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-alpha, WC waist circumference
  2. ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed, italicized). * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)