Table 3.

Correlation between Inflammatory Markers and Baseline Characteristics

Variable	IL-6		TNF-α		CRP
	rho	P	rho	P	rho	P
Age	0.036	.064	0.082	<.001	−0.059	.003
Sex (men=0, women=1)	−0.061	.002	−0.068	<.001	0.142	<.001
Race (white=0, black=1)	0.098	<.001	−0.125	<.001	0.161	<.001
Body mass index	0.167	<.001	0.077	<.001	0.244	<.001
Waist/thigh circumference ratio	0.107	<.001	0.163	<.001	0.019	.33
Smoking (no=0, past=1, current=2)	0.128	<.001	0.031	.12	0.070	<.001
Alcohol consumption (drinks/wk)	−0.046	.020	0.004	.84	−0.043	.029
Diabetes mellitus (no=0, yes=1)	0.121	<.001	0.075	<.001	0.089	<.001
Hypertension (no=0, yes=1)	0.099	<.001	0.070	<.001	0.104	<.001
Coronary heart disease (no=0, probable=1, definite=2)	0.114	<.001	0.138	<.001	0.011	.57
Cerebrovascular disease (no=0, yes=1)	0.042	.032	0.032	0.10	0.028	.15
Peripheral vascular disease (no=0, yes=1)	0.090	<.001	0.068	<.001	0.053	.007
Left ventricular hypertrophy (no=0, yes=1)	0.064	.001	0.023	.25	0.028	.15
Systolic blood pressure	0.044	.026	0.010	.62	0.039	.049
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.029	.14	−0.025	.20	−0.003	.87
Heart Rate	0.152	<.001	0.031	.11	0.145	<.001
Fasting glucose	0.139	<.001	0.093	<.001	0.088	<.001
Albumin	−0.140	<.001	−0.038	.05	−0.101	<.001
Creatinine	0.124	<.001	0.274	<.001	0.017	.37
Total cholesterol	−0.119	<.001	−0.025	.19	0.052	.008
Low density lipoprotein	−0.068	<.001	−0.012	.54	0.155	.43
High density lipoprotein	−0.168	<.001	−0.304	<.001	0.002	.93
Triglycerides	0.053	.007	0.309	<.001	0.097	<.001

All correlation (rho) values refer to Spearman nonparametric rank correlation coefficients.