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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 Jan 11;31(2):479–486. doi: 10.1002/oby.23649

Table 3.

Correlation between measures of metabolic dysregulation and background parenchymal enhancement, with and without adjustment for body mass index

Without Adjustment for Body Mass Index
With Adjustment for Body Mass Index
Metabolic dysregulation r P r P
Fat mass 0.68 <0.001 0.05 0.69
Body fat 0.64 <0.001 0.08 0.56
Visceral adipose tissue 0.65 <0.001 0.12 0.38
Subcutaneous adipose tissue 0.60 <0.001 −0.21 0.12
Insulin 0.59 <0.001 0.23 0.097
Glucose 0.35 0.011 0.08 0.59
HOMA-IR 0.62 <0.001 0.26 0.062
Leptin 0.60 <0.001 0.08 0.58
Adiponectin −0.44 <0.001 −0.12 0.37
CCL2 0.07 0.61 −0.08 0.58
IL-6 0.17 0.21 −0.15 0.30
IL-10 −0.01 0.96 −0.07 0.61
IL-12 −0.16 0.25 −0.21 0.13
TNF-a 0.10 0.46 −0.11 0.41
Total cholesterol 0.05 0.71 −0.01 0.96
Triglycerides 0.20 0.16 −0.13 0.36
Estrogen
  Follicular −0.05 0.69 −0.11 0.44
  Luteal −0.13 0.33 0.07 0.64
Progesterone
  Follicular −0.08 0.56 −0.01 0.99
  Luteal −0.17 0.22 0.17 0.22

HOMA-IR, homeostatic model of insulin resistance; CCL2, chemokine ligand 2; IL-6, interleukin-6; IL-10, interleukin-10; IL-12, interleukin-12; TNF-a, tumor necrosis factor-alpha.