Table 5.

Correlations among cytokines, indices of body fat accumulation, and insulin sensitivity

	%FAT	VFA	SFA	LDMA	L/S	MCRG/IC
FFA	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
HMW adiponectin	0.58a	ns	0.54b	ns	ns	ns
IL-6	0.56b	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
hsCRP	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	−0.57a
TNFα	ns	ns	ns	ns	−0.67a	−0.63a
PAI-1	ns	ns	ns	ns	−0.52b	−0.58a

Notes: MCR_G/I_C and cytokine concentrations were logarithmically transformed to approximate normal distributions;

^aP < 0.01;

^bP < 0.05.

Abbreviations: %FAT, percentage body fat; VFA, visceral fat area/body surface area; L/S, liver to spleen ratio; LDMA, low density muscle area/mid-thigh area; MCR_G/I_C, metabolic clearance rate; FFA, free fatty acid; HMW adiponectin, high molecular weight adiponectin; IL, interleukin; hsCRP, high sensitivity C-reactive protein; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; PAI-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1; ns, not significant.