Table 2.

Associations between clock genes expression and clinical and anthropometric characteristics for both genders

	Men						Women
	PER2 expression		BMAL1 expression		CRY1 expression		PER2 expression		BMAL1 expression		CRY1 expression
	P	r	P	r	P	r	P	r	P	r	P	r
Visceral adipose tissue
Age (years)	0.011	–0.914	0.012	–0.914	0.187	–0.622	0.824	–0.118	0.824	–0.118	0.941	–0.039
Body fat (%)	0.105	0.723	0.107	–0.752	0.956	0.029	0.005	–0.939	0.003	–0.941	0.186	0.624
WHR	0.892	0.072	0.831	0.080	0.988	–0.008	0.012	–0.910	0.012	–0.910	0.244	–0.564
HDL cholesterol	0.094	–0.738	0.097	–0.621	0.041	0.831	0.944	0.037	0.434	–0.399	0.944	0.037
LDL cholesterol	0.543	–0.315	0.517	–0.302	0.527	–0.327	0.047	–0.866	0.036	–0.898	0.398	–0.428
Subcutaneous adipose tissue
Age (years)	0.488	0.357	0.517	0.325	0.280	0.530	0.678	–0.218	0.614	–0.264	0.362	0.457
Body fat (%)	0.304	–0.507	0.359	–0.460	0.247	–0.561	0.018	–0.887	0.855	–0.097	0.209	–0.599
WHR	0.840	0.107	0.731	0.182	0.506	0.342	0.911	0.060	0.731	0.181	0.460	0.378
HDL cholesterol	0.369	0.452	0.003	0.954	0.523	–0.330	0.236	0.571	0.619	–0.260	0.906	–0.063
LDL cholesterol	0.041	–0.830	0.999	–0.001	0.561	–0.596	0.010	–0.918	0.948	0.035	0.331	0.484

Data in bold represent statistical differences (P<0.05)

WHR waist-to-hip ratio, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein