Table 3.

Bivariate correlations between whole blood stimulated IFNγ^a and anthropometric and biochemical variables in obese women six months post-restrictive bariatric surgery (n=17)

	IFNγ LPS 6m	IFNγ ZY 6m	IL6 LPS 6m	IL6 ZY 6m	TNFα LPS 6m	TNFα ZY 6m
BMI (kg/m2), 6m	−0.23	−0.36	−0.17	0.05	−0.29	−0.13
Waist Circ.(cm), 6m	−0.50b	−0.53b	−0.21	0.17	−0.28	0.06
Serum IL-6 (pg/mL), 6m	0.11	0.03	−0.30	−0.41	−0.62 b	−0.36
CRP (mg/L), 6m	0.10	−0.07	0.02	0.02	−0.35	−0.23
HOMA-IR	−0.15	−0.13	0.10	0.05	0.07	0.04
Hemoglobin (g/dL), 6m	−0.54b	−0.51	−0.10	0.42	0.06	0.37
Serum hepcidin (ng/mL), 6m	−0.21	−0.15	−0.17	−0.05	−0.13	−0.18
sTfR (nmol/L), 6m	0.28	0.15	0.05	−0.04	−0.12	−0.20

^aunits are in pg/mL

^bp <0.05

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; IL-6, interleukin-6; hs-CRP, high sensitivity C reactive protein; HOMA-_IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; sTfR, serum transferring receptor; IFNγ, interferon gamma LPS, lipopolysacchride; ZY, zymosan; TNFα, tumor necrosis alpha