Table 6.

Correlation of serum adiponectin, leptin, and TNF-α with clinical variables

	Leptin		TNF-α		adiponectin
	r	p	r	p	R	p
Age	0.119	0.159	0.222	0.008	0.129	0.126
Duration of DM	-0.057	0.500	0.078	0.359	0.189	0.024
Body mass index	0.481	< 0.001	0.049	0.562	-0.229	0.006
Systolic BP	0.138	0.103	0.151	0.073	-0.172	0.041
Diastolic BP	-0.004	0.965	0.065	0.442	-0.210	0.012
HbA1C	-0.139	0.103	0.019	0.827	0.037	0.666
FPG*	-0.077	0.367	-0.083	0.331	0.016	0.851
eGFR	-0.06	0.491	-0.151	0.080	-0.138	0.111
Total cholesterol	0.075	0.392	0.068	0.435	-0.158	0.070
LDL-cholesterol	-0.030	0.726	0.060	0.483	-0.096	0.262
HDL-cholesterol	-0.033	0.708	0.108	0.218	0.053	0.548
Triglycerides*	0.254	0.003	-0.710	0.405	-0.244	0.004
HsCRP*	0.264	0.005	0.304	0.001	-0.321	0.001
Apolipoprotein B	0.049	0.638	0.007	0.950	-0.344	0.001
mean ABI	0.008	0.929	0.034	0.699	0.077	0.374
mean PWV	0.031	0.722	0.201	0.020	-0.069	0.943
HOMA-IR*	0.301	0.001	-0.051	0.595	-0.174	0.071
CAN score	0.160	0.057	0.117	0.164	0.177	0.035
Leptin	-	-	-0.087	0.304	-0.048	0.570
TNF-α	-0.087	0.304	-	-	0.028	0.736
Adiponectin	-0.048	0.570	0.028	0.736	-	-

FPG: fasting plasma glucose; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; LDL: Low density lipoprotein; HDL: high density lipoprotein; hsCRP: high sensitivity c-reactive protein; ABI: ankle-brachial index; PWV: pulse wave velocity; HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance

*Natural logarithmic transformations were performed before analysis