Table 3.
Correlations between BPA and clinical and metabolic parameters
| Parameters | r | p |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.072 | 0.535 |
| BMI | 0.187 | 0.106 |
| WC | 0.363 | 0.001 |
| SBP | 0.174 | 0.132 |
| DBP | 0.154 | 0.184 |
| FPG | 0.338 | 0.003 |
| Insulin | 0.256 | 0.025 |
| HoMA-IR | 0.268 | 0.019 |
| Total cholesterol | 0.040 | 0.731 |
| HDL | −0.181 | 0.117 |
| LDL | −0.008 | 0.949 |
| TG | 0.275 | 0.016 |
| IL-6 | 0.320 | 0.005 |
| MCP-1 | −0.166 | 0.152 |
| TNFα | 0.248 | 0.031 |
Pearson r or Spearman’s rho correlation coefficients were used to analyze the association between variables.
Italic r values are Pearson r or Spearman’s rho correlation coefficients, when appropriate. Italic p values are statistically significant.
BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, FPG fasting plasma glucose, HoMA-IR homeostasis model of assessment-insulin resistance, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, TG triglycerides, BPA bisphenol-A, IL-6 interleukin-6, MCP-1 monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, TNFα tumor necrosis factor-alpha.