Table 6.

Correlation between CPET results and metabolic and cardiovascular biomarkers.

Variables		Lp (a) (mg/dL)	Apo B (mg/dL)	Leptin (ng/mL)	TNF α (pg/mL)	IL−1β (pg/mL)	IL−10 (pg/mL)	IL−6 (pg/mL)	ET−1 (pg/mL)	AN (μg/mL)
VO2 peak (mL)	r	0.074	0.302	−0.479 *	0.045	−0.426	0.175	−0.320	−0.355	0.011
	p value	0.708	0.126	0.010 *	0.818	0.100	0.501	0.196	0.075	0.955
VO2 pro kg	r	0.278	0.187	−0.761 *	−0.126	−0.379	−0.011	−0.477 *	−0.164	0.205
	p value	0.152	0.351	0.001 *	0.522	0.147	0.968	0.045 *	0.422	0.295
VO2%	r	0.231	0.195	−0.727 *	−0.122	−0.414	−0.059	−0.456	−0.161	0.1
	p value	0.237	0.330	0.001 *	0.537	0.111	0.822	0.057	0.432	0.36
VO2@AT	r	−0.107	0.365−	−0.434 *	−0.180	−0.412	0.313	−0.030	−0.262	−0.091
	p value	0.618	0.087	0.034 *	0.401	0.184	0.256	0.915	0.228	0.471
OUES	r	0.047	0.288	−0.361	0.121	−0.363	0.143	−0.115	−0.256	0.266
	p value	0.811	0.145	0.059	0.540	0.167	0.583	0.649	0.207	0.171
OUES%	r	0.117	0.219	−0.575 *	−0.087	−0.357	0.028	−0.411	−0.425 *	0.074
	p value	0.553	0.272	0.001 *	0.659	0.174	0.915	0.090	0.014 *	0.71
VO2/HR	r	−0.000	0.270	−0.407 *	0.091	−0.379	0.093	−0.275	−0.776 *	−0.045
	p value	1000	0.174	0.031 *	0.646	0.147	0.722	0.269	0.045 *	0.809
VO2/hr%	r	0.124	0.176	−0.692 *	−0.088	−0.399	−0.135	−0.453	−0.262	0.06
	p value	0.529	0.380	0.001 *	0.657	0.126	0.605	0.059	0.197	0.726
dVO2/WR slope	r	−0.061	0.022	−0.199	−0.031	0.117	0.325	0.085	−0.02	0.175
	p value	0.757	0.913	0.310	0.876	0.665	0.203	0.738	0.994	0.37
VE/VCO2 slope	r	−0.200	−0.126	0.394 *	0.219	0.556 *	0.059	0.275	0.279	−0.098
	p value	0.308	0.532	0.038 *	0.263	0.025 *	0.822	0.269	0.168	0.62
BR	r	−0.377 *	0.019	0.016	−0.211	−0.042	−0.031	−0.139	0.265	−0.231
	p value	0.048 *	0.924	0.938	0.282	0.879	0.905	0.583	0.191	0.236
FR peak	r	0.316	−0.121	0.133	0.082	−0.002	0.216	0.204	−0.365	0.015
	p value	0.101	0.549	0.501	0.677	0.993	0.405	0.417	0.066	0.934
VE peak	r	0.187	0.246	−0.189	0.203	0.021	0.254	0.029	−0.095	0.597
	p value	0.342	0.215	0.336	0.300	0.938	0.325	0.910	0.644	0.288
PCP	r	0.036	0.259	−0.425 *	0.065	−0.445	0.103	−0.317	−0.397 *	0.635
	p value	0.854	0.192	0.024 *	0.741	0.084	0.694	0.200	0.045 *	0.25

The Pearson correlation coefficient (r) was used to study the relationship between variables. * p value < 0.05. AN: adiponectin; Apo: apolipoprotein; AT: anaerobic threshold; BR: breathing reserve; ET: endothelin; FR: frequency rate; HR: hearth rate; IL: interleukin; Lp: lipoprotein; OUES: oxygen uptake efficiency slope; PCP: peak circulatory power; TNF: tumor necrosis factor; VE: ventilation rate; VE/VCO₂: minute ventilation/carbon dioxide production; VO₂: pulmonary oxygen uptake; WR: work rate.