Table 2.
Univariate analysis of the correlation between mRNA expression levels of TNC and TLR4 in VAT with anthropometic and metabolic variables as well as with genes involved in extracellular matrix regulation
|
TNC mRNA expression |
TLR4 mRNA expression |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | P | r | P | |
| TNC mRNA expression | — | — | 0.26 | 0.033 |
| TLR4 mRNA expression | 0.26 | 0.033 | — | — |
| MMP2 mRNA expression | 0.35 | 0.003 | 0.45 | <0.001 |
| MMP9 mRNA expression | 0.38 | <0.001 | 0.35 | 0.003 |
| BMI | 0.37 | 0.002 | 0.31 | 0.012 |
| BF | 0.26 | 0.038 | 0.22 | 0.085 |
| QUICKI | −0.33 | 0.011 | −0.04 | 0.791 |
| HDL-cholesterol | −0.32 | 0.016 | −0.06 | 0.651 |
Bold values denote statistically significant P values. —, The correlation of the TNC gene levels or TLR4 gene expression with itself is not performed/provided.