Table 5.

Correlation between each parameter in the study group.

Variables		WC (cm)	hs-CRP (mg/L)	PS (ng/mL)	ADAM17 (pg/mL)	TNF-α (pg/mL)	sMER (pg/mL)
WC (cm)	r	—	0.500	0.354	0.554	0.141	0.246
	p	—	<0.001∗	0.001∗	<0.001∗	0.205	0.025∗
hs-CRP (mg/L)	r	0.500	—	0.201	0.297	0.025	0.104
	p	<0.001∗	—	0.069	0.007∗	0.820	0.351
PS (ng/mL)	r	0.354	0.201	—	0.303	0.548	0.332
	p	0.001∗	0.069	—	0.006∗	<0.001∗	0.002∗
ADAM17 (pg/mL)	r	0.554	0.297	0.303	—	0.300	0.230
	p	<0.001∗	0.007∗	0.006∗	—	0.006∗	0.038∗
TNF-α (pg/mL)	r	0.141	0.025	0.548	0.300	—	0.473
	p	0.205	0.820	<0.001∗	0.006∗	—	<0.001∗
sMER (pg/mL)	r	0.246	0.104	0.332	0.230	0.473	—
	p	0.025∗	0.351	0.002∗	0.038∗	<0.001∗	—

^∗ Significant in the 95% confidence interval using the Spearman correlation test.