Table 2.

Pearson correlations of c-GDF15 and SM-GDF15 with the metabolic and inflammatory parameters in HS (r: Pearson correlation coefficient; p: p-value).

	c-GDF15		SM-GDF15
	r	p	r	p
Age	0.756	< 0.0001	-0.083	0.744
BMI	0.300	0.041	-0.196	0.436
IQS (kg)	-0.325	0.026	-0.426	0.078
IQS/BMI	-0.381	0.008	-0.342	0.165
Fat %	0.165	0.272	0.517	0.028
Lean %	-0.118	0.435	-0.527	0.025
Adiponectin	0.122	0.413	0.322	0.192
Leptin	0.154	0.301	0.389	0.110
Resistin	0.131	0.379	-0.005	0.984
IGF-1	-0.594	< 0.0001	0.059	0.818
Insulin	-0.093	0.534	0.334	0.176
c-PLIN2	0.152	0.330	0.299	0.243
IL6	0.640	< 0.0001	0.123	0.639
IL15	-0.055	0.104	0.104	0.896
SM-GDF15	-0.199	0.444	–	–

Statistically significant values are indicated in bold.