Table 2.

Correlations.

	Circulating adiponectin
Age	r-value	0.295(**)
	P value	0.002
BMI	r-value	−0.008
	P value	0.931
AST	r-value	−0.279(**)
	P value	0.004
ALT	r-value	−0.348(**)
	P value	0.0001
HDL-cholesterol	r-value	0.418(**)
	P value	0.0001
LDL-cholesterol	r-value	0.128
	P value	0.206
Triglycerides	r-value	−0.453(**)
	P value	0.0001
Hs-CRP	r-value	−0.169
	P value	0.085
Fasting glucose	r-value	−0.375(**)
	P value	0.0001
HbA1C	r-value	−0.328(**)
	P value	0.001
Fasting insulin	r-value	−0.537(**)
	P value	0.0001
HOMA-IR	r-value	−0.623(**)
	P value	0.0001

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).