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Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Dec 26;53(9):754–762. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.07.073

Table 2.

Relation of age- and sex-adjusted levels of resistin and adiponectin to each other and to HOMA-IR, CRP and BNP

	Resistin (ng/ml)		Adiponectin (ug/ml)
	Spearman rank correlation coefficient	P value	Spearman rank correlation coefficient	P value
Body mass index	0.16	<0.0001	−0.33	<0.0001
Waist circumference	0.17	<0.0001	−0.35	<0.0001
Insulin resistance measured with the homeostasis model	0.15	<0.0001	−0.43	<0.0001
C-reactive protein (mg/ml)	0.22	<0.0001	−0.12	<0.0001
Plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (pg/ml)	0.07	0.0002	0.24	<0.0001
Estimated glomerular filtration rate (ml/min/1.73m²)	−0.22	<0.0001	−0.04	0.03
Urine albumin/creatinine ratio (mg/g)	0.06	0.003	0.16	<0.0001
Adiponectin (ug/ml)	−0.09	<0.0001	…	…
Resistin (ng/ml)	…	…	−0.09	<0.0001

Spearman rank coefficients are provided for the correlation between adipokine levels and antilogarithm of variables.

P values were calculated using ANOVA

HOMA-IR (insulin resistance measured with the homeostasis model), CRP (C-reactive protein), BNP (B-type natriuretic peptide)