Table 3.
Pearson correlations of c-GDF15 and SM-GDF15 with the metabolic and inflammatory parameters in LLMI (r: Pearson correlation coefficient; p: p-value).
c-GDF15 | SM-GDF15 | |||
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r | p | r | p | |
Age | 0.714 | < 0.0001 | 0.378 | 0.135 |
BMI | -0.263 | 0.081 | 0.106 | 0.685 |
IQS (kg) | -0.405 | 0.019 | -0.188 | 0.628 |
IQS/BMI | -0.469 | 0.006 | -0.164 | 0.673 |
Muscle thickness | -0.551 | < 0.0001 | -0.028 | 0.921 |
Adiponectin | 0.192 | 0.213 | 0.284 | 0.308 |
Leptin | -0.076 | 0.623 | 0.263 | 0.308 |
Resistin | 0.689 | < 0.0001 | 0.086 | 0.743 |
IGF-1 | -0.403 | 0.013 | -0.205 | 0.482 |
Insulin | -0.144 | 0.350 | -0.421 | 0.092 |
c-PLIN2 | -0.019 | 0.908 | 0.291 | 0.292 |
IL6 | 0.687 | < 0.0001 | 0.503 | 0.039 |
IL15 | -0.105 | 0.493 | -0.336 | 0.188 |
SM-GDF15 | 0.366 | 0.148 | – | – |
Statistically significant values are indicated in bold.