Table 2.

Pearson Correlation Coefficients between Adiposity Measures and IL-6, TNF-α, sVCAM, sICAM, and E-selectin Levels in 491 2- and 3-year-old Children in the Hispanic Children’s Health Study, New York.

	BMI (kg/m2)	Ponderal Index (kg/m3)	Sum of Skinfold (mm)	Waist Circumference (cm)	Fasting Insulin (uU/mL)	Insulin Resistance Index
Total	(N=490)	(N=490)	(N=398)	(N=484)	(N=491)	(N=491)
IL-6 (pg/mL)	0.05	0.08	0.01	−0.01	0.07	0.06
TNF-α (pg/mL)	0.02	0.07	0.01	0.01	−0.07	−0.07
sVCAM (ng/mL)	0.09‡	0.10‡	0.07	0.07	0.00	−0.01
sICAM (ng/mL)	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.01	−0.00
E-selectin (ng/mL)	0.12†	0.15*	0.09§	0.08	0.09‡	0.08||
Boys	(N=254)	(N=254)	(N=207)	(N=252)	(N=255)	(N=255)
IL-6 (pg/mL)	0.07	0.12||	0.07	0.01	0.05	0.05
TNF-α (pg/mL)	0.09	0.13‡	0.10	0.06	−0.05	−0.05
sVCAM (ng/mL)	0.21*	0.16‡	0.23*	0.20†	0.04	0.03
sICAM (ng/mL)	0.04	0.05	0.00	−0.02	0.07	0.07
E-selectin (ng/mL)	0.17†	0.16†	0.13||	0.14‡	0.09	0.08
Girls	(N=236)	(N=236)	(N=191)	(N=232)	(N=236)	(N=236)
IL-6 (pg/mL)	0.02	0.06	−0.06	−0.03	0.08	0.07
TNF-α (pg/mL)	−0.05	0.02	−0.04	−0.04	−0.07	−0.07
sVCAM (ng/mL)	−0.05	0.03	−0.09	−0.08	−0.04	−0.05
sICAM (ng/mL)	0.03	0.01	0.07	0.07	−0.07	−0.09
E-selectin (ng/mL)	0.07	0.14‡	0.06	0.01	0.09	0.08

^*p < 0.001

^† p ≤ 0.01

^‡p < 0.05

^§p=0.06

^||p=0.07