Table 2.

Partial correlation coefficients of plasma resistin levels with baseline metabolic parameters among men and women control subjects adjusted for age and/or BMI

Metabolic factors	Correlation coefficients
	Age-adjusted		Age- and BMI-adjusted
	r	P	r	P
Men (n = 170)
BMI	0.08	0.30	—	—
TNF-RII	0.29	<0.001	0.29	<0.001
A1C	0.11	0.15	0.10	0.20
Systolic blood pressure	−0.05	0.52	−0.07	0.37
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.06	0.42	−0.06	0.45
BMI	0.26	<0.001	—	—
Women (n = 358)
Waist circumference	0.20	<0.001	0.02	0.66
TNF-RII	0.33	<0.001	0.28	<0.001
CRP	0.28	<0.001	0.19	<0.001
A1C	0.09	0.11	0.07	0.22
Cholesterol	0.08	0.12	0.04	0.50
HDL cholesterol	−0.13	0.02	−0.05	0.32
LDL cholesterol	0.10	0.07	0.06	0.24
Triglycerides	0.13	0.01	0.07	0.17
Systolic blood pressure	0.13	0.02	0.04	0.41
Diastolic blood pressure	0.10	0.07	0.02	0.70