Table 2.

Relationship between obesity and measures of inflammation at baseline^a

	BMI	Waist circumference	Fat mass	Abdominal fat mass	CRPb	IL-6b	TNF-αb	MCP-1
BMI
Waist circumference	0.86∗∗∗
DXA fat mass	0.92∗∗∗	0.80∗∗∗
Abdominal fat mass	0.90∗∗∗	0.86∗∗∗	0.91∗∗∗
CRPb	0.55∗∗∗	0.50∗∗∗	0.48∗∗∗	0.47∗∗∗
IL-6b	0.42∗∗	0.44∗∗	0.36∗∗	0.45∗∗	0.33∗
TNF-αb	0.06	0.04	0.07	−0.06	0.15	0.10
MCP-1	−0.07	0.12	0.04	0.06	−0.01	0.05	0.08

^aData presented as Pearson's correlation coefficient.

^bVariables loge transformed before analysis.

^∗p < 0.05.

^∗∗p < 0.01.

^∗∗∗p < 0.0001.