Table 2.

P values from the test of the significance of Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and the values of Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (r) between total adiponectin or HMW adiponectin and the variables.

	Females								Males
	Healthy				DM				Healthy				DM
	Total adiponectin		HMW adiponectin		Total adiponectin		HMW adiponectin		Total adiponectin		HMW adiponectin		Total adiponectin		HMW adiponectin
	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value
Triglycerides	0.187	0.081	0.205	0.056	−0.015	0.848	−0.065	0.394	0.059	0.445	0.062	0.419	−0.116	0.198	−0.075	0.409
ApoA-1	0.101	0.35	0.087	0.425	0.009	0.905	0.065	0.394	−0.016	0.84	−0.02	0.799	−0.027	0.762	−0.011	0.903
ApoB	0.106	0.33	0.125	0.249	0.093	0.222	0.002	0.978	−0.036	0.645	−0.03	0.697	−0.059	0.514	0.003	0.976

P < 0.05.

DM: diabetes mellitus.