Table 3 Correlations of metaflammation markers (leptin, Wnt5a and TNF-α) with the demographic, anthropometric and laboratory data among all participants.

From: Serum levels of Wnt5a in Egyptian women with obesity and their association with toll like receptor 2 Arg753Gln gene polymorphism in a pilot case control study of obesity as a state of metaflammation

 

Leptin

Wnt5a

TNF-α

r

P-value

r

P-value

r

P-value

Leptin (ng/mL)

--

--

0.609

< 0.001*

0.556

< 0.001*

TNF-α (pg/mL)

0.556

< 0.001*

0.492

< 0.001*

--

--

Wnt5a (ng/mL)

0.609

< 0.001*

--

--

0.492

< 0.001*

Age (years)

-0.053

0.686

0.164

0.210

-0.145

0.270

Weight (Kg)

0.480

< 0.001*

0.327

0.011*

0.462

< 0.001*

Height (cm)

-0.164

0.211

-0.117

0.374

0.150

0.254

BMI (Kg/m2)

0.635

< 0.001*

0.500

< 0.001*

0.462

< 0.001*

Waist circumference (cm)

0.411

0.001*

0.447

< 0.001*

0.326

0.011*

Hip circumference (cm)

0.492

< 0.001*

0.415

0.001*

0.370

0.004*

WHR

0.110

0.402

0.193

0.140

0.057

0.666

FMI (Kg/m2)

0.514

< 0.001*

0.470

< 0.001*

0.299

0.020*

FBS (mg/dL)

-0.030

0.823

0.085

0.518

0.057

0.668

ESR (mm/hr)

0.390

0.002*

0.499

< 0.001*

0.337

0.008*

Cholesterol (mg/dL)

0.495

< 0.001*

0.353

0.006*

0.153

0.244

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

0.507

< 0.001*

0.390

0.002*

0.582

< 0.001*

HDL-C (mg/dL)

-0.052

0.693

0.093

0.481

-0.332

0.009*

LDL-C (mg/dL)

0.308

0.016*

0.452

< 0.001*

0.242

0.062

  1. BMI: Body mass index; ESR: Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; FMI: Fat mass index; HDL-C: High density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: Low density lipoprotein cholesterol; FBS: Fasting blood sugar; TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor alpha; WHR: Waist-Hip ratio.
  2. *p-value < 0.05 indicates statistical significance.
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