Table 2.
Bivariate correlation analyses between serum chemerin levels with anthropometric and laboratory variables.
| Osteoporosis group | Control group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted | Adjusted∗ | Unadjusted | Adjusted∗ | |||||
| R value | P value | R value | P value | R value | P value | R value | P value | |
| Age | 0.395 | <0.01 | NA | NA | 0.250 | 0.016 | NA | NA |
| BMI | 0.391 | <0.01 | NA | NA | 0.249 | 0.016 | NA | NA |
| TC | −0.204 | 0.049 | −0.119 | 0.263 | −0.140 | 0.182 | −0.113 | 0.287 |
| TG | 0.090 | 0.393 | 0.176 | 0.094 | 0.189 | 0.070 | 0.053 | 0.618 |
| HDL-C | 0.259 | 0.012 | 0.135 | 0.201 | 0.128 | 0.220 | 0.129 | 0.224 |
| LDL-C | −0.316 | <0.01 | −0.264 | 0.011 | 0.361 | <0.01 | 0.400 | <0.01 |
| AKP | −0.049 | 0.643 | −0.015 | 0.891 | 0.106 | 0.314 | 0.132 | 0.213 |
| FBG | 0.428 | <0.01 | 0.342 | <0.01 | 0.340 | <0.01 | 0.300 | <0.01 |
| Insulin | 0.459 | <0.01 | 0.440 | <0.01 | 0.085 | 0.420 | 0.051 | 0.633 |
BMI: body mass index; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; AKP: alkaline phosphatase; FBG: fasting blood glucose; NA: not applicable.
∗Partial correlation analyses were performed to adjust age and BMI.