Table 2.

Bivariate associations of vascular and systemic markers of inflammation in postmenopausal women

		sICAM-1	sVCAM-1	CRP	SAA
BMI	N=76	0.24a	Ns	0.39‡	0.33†
Waist	N=71	0.24 a	Ns	0.38‡	0.35†
% Fat	N=76	ns	Ns	0.42‡	0.30†
Visceral Fat Area	N=72	0.38†	Ns	0.25 a	0.30*
Subcutaneous Abdominal Fat	N=60	0.31*	Ns	0.59‡	0.46‡
Sagittal Diameter	N=72	0.47‡	0.30*	0.51‡	0.49‡
VO2max	N=74	−0.23 a	Ns	−0.22 a	ns
Fasting glucose	N=76	0.24*	Ns	ns	0.20 a
G120	N=76	0.26*	Ns	0.19	ns
Fasting insulin	N=76	0.28*	Ns	0.29*	ns
HOMA-IR	N=76	0.31†	Ns	0.29*	0.22 b
M (mg·kg−1·min−1)	N=59	−0.29*	Ns	−0.21	−0.29 *

BMI= body mass index, VO₂max = maximal oxygen consumption, HOMA-IR = Homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance, M = glucose utilization.

ns = non-significant

^aP<0.07,

^bP=0.05,

^*P<0.05;

^†P<0.01;

^‡P<0.005