Table 2.
Univariate analyses of the healthy controls (n = 90), chronic dialysis patients (HD; n = 127) and all subjects, including both the healthy controls and chronic dialysis patients (n = 217), with lower serum vaspin levels (VaspinLow) using the circulating vaspin levels as dependent variables
| Control/VaspinLow | HD/VaspinLow | All subjects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
r |
P values |
r |
P values |
r |
P values |
| Age |
0.0331 |
0.7663 |
-0.0827 |
0.3556 |
-0.1046 |
0.1309 |
| BMI |
0.1184 |
0.2866 |
0.0191 |
0.8638 |
0.2182 |
0.0047* |
| Waist circumference |
0.0810 |
0.4667 |
0.0209 |
0.8154 |
0.0563 |
0.4171 |
| Creatinine |
-0.0192 |
0.8630 |
0.1526 |
0.0881 |
-0.7464 |
<0.0001* |
| Blood glucose |
0.1772 |
0.1090 |
-0.0218 |
0.8096 |
-0.1764 |
0.0108* |
| Total cholesterol |
0.1697 |
0.1250 |
0.0987 |
0.2962 |
0.5282 |
<0.0001* |
| HDL cholesterol |
-0.1901 |
0.0852 |
0.0043 |
0.9634 |
0.4107 |
<0.0001* |
| TG |
0.3430 |
0.0015* |
0.1212 |
0.1991 |
0.1838 |
0.0097* |
| Albumin |
-0.0149 |
0.8934 |
0.0741 |
0.4117 |
0.6462 |
<0.0001* |
| Hemoglobin | 0.0066 | 0.9526 | 0.0352 | 0.6944 | 0.6784 | <0.0001* |
*, p < 0.05. Vaspin Visceral adipose-tissue derived serpin, BMI Body mass index, HDL High-density lipoprotein, TG Triglycerides.