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. 2014 Feb 14;6:19. doi: 10.1186/1758-5996-6-19

Table 2.

Coefficients of bivariate and partial correlation between salivary and plasma adipocytokine values and various biomarkers of metabolic syndrome, controlling for age, gender (Model 1) and age, gender and BMI (Model 2)

 
Plasma adiponectin
Salivary adiponectin
Plasma leptin
Salivary leptin
 
Bivariate correlation
Partial correlation
Bivariate correlation
Partial correlation
Bivariate correlation
Partial correlation
Bivariate correlation
Partial correlation
    Model 1 Model 2   Model 1 Model 2   Model 1 Model 2   Model 1 Model 2
Age
NS
-
-
NS
-
-
NS
-
-
NS
-
-
Gender
r = .259 p = .004
-
-
-
-
-
r = .484 p < .001
-
-
-
-
-
Body mass index
r = -.315 p < .001
r = -.197 p = .027
-
NS
NS
-
r = .557 p = .000
r = .700 p < .001
-
NS
NS
-
Triglyceride
r = -.484 p < .001
r = -.290 p = .001
r = -.245 p = .006
NS
NS
NS
r = .334 p < .001
r = .316 p < .001
NS
NS
NS
NS
High density lipoprotein cholesterol
r = .476 p < .001
r = .269 p = .002
r = .242 p = .007
NS
NS
NS
r = -.308 p < .001
r = -.310 p < .001
r = -.263 p = .003
NS
NS
NS
Systolic blood pressure
NS
r = -.216 p = .015
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
r = .251 p = .005
NS
NS
NS
NS
Diastolic blood pressure
r = -.333 p < .001
r = -.318 p < .001
r = -.267 p = .003
NS
NS
NS
NS
r = .282 p = .001
NS
NS
NS
NS
Fasting plasma glucose
r = -.352 p < .001
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
r = .175 p = .048
NS
NS
NS
NS
NS
Waist circumference r = -.332 p < .001 r = -.328 p < .001 r = -.291 p = .001 NS NS NS r = .494 p < .001 r = .671 p < .001 r = .257 p = .004 NS NS NS

NS = Not Significant.