Table 4.
Correlations between MOTS-C level and clinical and biochemical variables
| Variables | MOTS-C level | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Normal BMI | Obesity | ||||||
| r | p-value | r | p-value | r | p-value | |||
| Age | -0.136 | 0.222 | 0.049 | 0.779 | -0.223 | 0.132 | ||
| Systolic blood pressure | -0.050 | 0.660 | -0.045 | 0.795 | -0.234 | 0.118 | ||
| Diastolic blood pressure | 0.080 | 0.480 | 0.175 | 0.315 | -0.015 | 0.920 | ||
| BMI | 0.021 | 0.853 | -0.201 | 0.246 | -0.092 | 0.538 | ||
| Fasting plasma glucose | 0.108 | 0.332 | 0.039 | 0.823 | 0.130 | 0.385 | ||
| HbA1c | 0.051 | 0.652 | 0.179 | 0.311 | -0.083 | 0.588 | ||
| HOMA-IR | 0.373 | 0.001 | 0.201 | 0.247 | 0.470 | 0.001 | ||
| hs-CRP | 0.005 | 0.968 | 0.034 | 0.847 | -0.136 | 0.378 | ||
| ADMA | 0.035 | 0.756 | 0.077 | 0.667 | -0.029 | 0.851 | ||
BMI: body mass index; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; HOMA-IR: Homeostatic Model Assessment Insulin Resistance; hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; ADMA: asymmetric dimethylarginine.