Table 4.

Spearman correlation coefficients for the percent change in hsCRP and the percent change in weight, waist circumference, lipids, metabolic factors, percent change in total body fat, and absolute change in total abdominal fat, visceral fat, subcutaneous abdominal fat, and hepatic fat at 6 and 24 months

Measurement	Percent change in hsCRP at 6 months	Percent change in hsCRP at 24 months
Percent change in body weight	0.31*	0.48*
	(n=675)	(n=568)
Percent change in waist circumference	0.25*	0.42*
	(n=675)	(n=568)
Percent change in total cholesterol	0.11*	0.10*
	(n=675)	(n=568)
Percent change in LDL	0.08*	0.10*
	(n=675)	(n=568)
Percent change in HDL	−0.01	−0.21*
	(n=675)	(n=568)
Percent change in triglycerides	0.08*	0.20*
	(n=675)	(n=568)
Percent change in fasting glucose	0.11*	0.19*
	(n=675)	(n=568)
Percent change in fasting insulin	0.15*	0.32*
	(n=675)	(n=568)
Percent change in HOMA	0.16*	0.32*
	(n=675)	(n=568)
Percent change in HbA1c	0.03	0.15*
	(n=675)	(n=568)
Percent change in total body fat (DXA)	0.25*	0.42*
	(n=330)	(n=235)
Change in total abdominal adipose	0.36*	0.52*
tissue (CT)	(n=117)	(n=89)
Change in visceral abdominal adipose	0.33*	0.47*
tissue (CT)	(n=117)	(n=89)
Change in subcutaneous abdominal	0.35*	0.52*
adipose tissue (CT)	(n=117)	(n=89)
Change in hepatic density (CT)	−0.30*	−0.34*
	(n=147)	(n=112)

^*Significant at p<.05