Table III.

Crude and partial correlation between serum adiponectin and clinical parameters in the study subjects

Variable	Crude r	Partial †
Age [year]	0.18**
BMI [kg/m2]	-0.20**	-0.21**
Waist circumference [cm]	-0.20**	-0.19**
SBP [mmHg]	-0.08*	-0.12**
DBP [mmHg]	-0.09*	-0.07*
ALT [U/l]	-0.14**	-0.10**
AST [U/l]	-0.12**	-0.09*
GGT [U/l]	0.11**	-0.07*
Totalcholesterol [mmol/l]	0.11**	0.04
Triglycerides [mmol/l]	-0.12**	-0.11**
HDL-c [mmol/l]	0.24**	0.20**
CRP [µg/ml]	-0.03	-0.02
Fasting plasma glucose [mmol/l])	-0.11**	-0.11**
Fasting insulin [µU/ml]	-0.23**	-0.24**
HOMA-IR	-0.20**	-0.21**

abbrevaitions – see Table I

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.001

^†adjusted for age, sex