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. 2010 Mar 15;39(5):656–659. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afq024

Table 2.

Pearson’s correlations between muscle strength and adipose tissue gene expression of tumour necrosis factor-α (TNFα) and interleukin-6 (IL-6)

Muscle strength TNFα IL-6
Grip strength (kg) −0.13 −0.40*
Arm muscle quality (kg/kg arm lean mass) −0.33** −0.08
Knee strength (N m) −0.08 −0.22
Leg muscle quality (N m/kg leg lean mass) −0.26 −0.09

All gene expressions of adipokines are expressed relative to β-actin mRNA.

*

P < 0.01.

**

P <0.05