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Table 3.

Spearman rank correlations for the combined groups

		Plasma IL-6 (pg/mL)	Plasma CRP (ng/mL)	ROS (% change)	NFκB (% change)	MNC IL-6 (pg/mL)	MNC IL-1β (pg/mL)
HOMA-IR (mM) × fasting insulin (μU/mL)	ρ	0.700	0.622	0.164	0.673	0.302	0.336
HOMA-IR (mM) × fasting insulin (μU/mL)	p	0.027^*	0.039^*	0.605	0.044^*	0.295	0.266
BMI (kg/m²)	ρ	0.811	0.665	0.655	0.164	0.516	0.238
BMI (kg/m²)	p	0.007^*	0.021^*	0.039^*	0.624	0.074	0.430
Total body fat (%)	ρ	0.699	0.791	0.418	0.588	0.582	0.189
Total body fat (%)	p	0.020^*	0.006^*	0.186	0.078	0.044^*	0.531
Truncal fat (%)	ρ	0.727	0.797	0.455	0.636	0.567	0.217
Truncal fat (%)	p	0.016^*	0.006^*	0.151	0.049^*	0.049^*	0.472
Waist circumference (cm)	ρ	0.733	0.618	0.217	0.333	0.700	0.491
Waist circumference (cm)	p	0.028^*	0.049^*	0.540	0.378	0.027^*	0.141
Plasma IL-6 (pg/mL)	ρ	—	0.790	0.552	0.552	0.476	0.154
Plasma IL-6 (pg/mL)	p	—	0.009^*	0.098	0.098	0.115	0.610
Plasma CRP (ng/mL)	ρ	0.790	—	0.627	0.758	0.495	0.126
Plasma CRP (ng/mL)	p	0.009^*	—	0.047^*	0.023^*	0.087	0.676

IL-6, interleukin-6; CRP, C-reactive protein; ROS, reactive oxygen species; NFκB, nuclear factor κB; MNC, mononuclear cell; IL-1β, interleukin-1β; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance.

p < 0.05.