Table 3. Correlations between fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-21, soluble alpha Klotho (sαKl), and other cytokines.

	FGF-21		sαKl
	r	P-value	r	P-value
FGF-19	−0.05	0.60	−0.03	0.78
FGF-21	−	−	−0.06	0.46
sαKl	−0.06	0.46	−	−
IL-6	0.06	0.51	**0.32	<0.001
APN	*−0.25	0.013	0.12	0.23

n = 80, *P  <  0.05, **P < 0.001.

Abbreviations are as in Table 1.