Table 3.

correlations among whole blood GLUT 1 mRNA fold changes, serum levels of PEDF, IL-6, fetuin-A, and PTX3 in the whole study sample.

		Whole blood Glut 1 mRNA fold changes	Serum PEDF (ng/ml)	Serum IL-6 (pg/ml)	Serum fetuin-A (µg/ml)	Serum PTX3 (ng/ml)
Whole blood Glut 1 mRNA fold changes	r	1	− 0.828**	0.619**	0.513**	0.699**
	p		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Serum PEDF (ng/ml)	r	− 0.828**	1	− 0.614**	− 0.446**	− 0.654**
	p	< 0.001		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
Serum IL-6 (pg/ml)	r	0.619**	− 0.614**	1	0.750**	0.827**
	p	< 0.001	< 0.001		< 0.001	< 0.001
Serum fetuin-A (µg/ml)	r	0.513**	− 0.446**	0.750**	1	0.721**
	p	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001		< 0.001
Serum PTX3 (ng/ml)	r	0.699**	− 0.654**	0.827**	0.721**	1
	p	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001

R Pearson correlation, p p value, GLUT 1 glucose transporter type 1 gene, mRNA messenger ribonucleic acid, PEDF serum pigment epithelium-derived factor, IL-6 interleukin-6, PTX3 pentraxin-3.

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).