Table 3. Correlations among post-weight loss changes in biomarkers, AHI, and BMI.

	All (n=23)	Women (n=14)	Men (n=9)
ΔAHI with
Follow-up period	−0.75**	−0.53	−0.94**
ΔCRP	0.13	0.59*	−0.92*
ΔBMI	0.53*	0.64*	0.48
Δleptin	0.27	0.34	0.42
Δleptin receptor	−0.28	−0.26	−0.33
Δleptin/leptin receptor ratio	0.29	0.50	0.17
Δghrelin	0.14	0.19	0.17
Δadiponectin	−0.38	−0.31	−0.67*
ΔIL-1ß	0.24	0.40	−0.13
ΔIL-6	0.58**	0.51	0.67
ΔIL-8	−0.003	−0.02	−0.38
ATNF-α	0.22	0.33	0.17
ΔsTNFαR1	0.35	0.13	0.56
ΔsTNFαR2	0.66**	0.73**	0.74**
ΔTNF-α/IL-6 ratio	−0.75**	−0.70*	−0.87**
ΔBMI with
Follow-up period	−0.29	−0.63*	0.04
ΔCRP	0.23	0.50	−0.11
Δleptin	0.33	0.57*	0.14
Δleptin receptor	−0.29	−0.45	0.25
Δleptin/leptin receptor ratio	0.33	0.81**	−0.25
Δghrelin	−0.10	−0.12	−0.30
Δadiponectin	−0.28	−0.62*	−0.13
ΔIL-1ß	0.19	0.30	0.08
ΔIL-6	0.27	0.25	0.36
ΔIL-8	−0.21	−0.34	−0.40
ATNF-α	0.08	0.28	0.05
ΔsTNFαR1	0.21	0.26	−0.03
ΔsTNFαR2	0.38	0.69*	0.22
ΔTNF-α/IL-6 ratio	−0.50*	−0.60*	−0.51

The Pearson product–moment correlation coefficients and Spearman's rank correlation coefficients

^*P<0.05;

^**P<0.005