Table 4.

Associations between serum irisin levels, and serum levels of cancer biomarkers and of markers of adiposity

Biomarker	Median (25th–75th percentile)	rho	p-value
CEA (ng/ml)	1.36 (0.86–2.04)	0.082	0.455
CA 15–3 (U/ml)	15.90 (10.35–23.43)	−0.067	0.539
HER2/neu (ng/ml)	11.80 (10.05–14.90)	0.147	0.274
Adiponectin (μg/ml)a	12.30 ± 4.46	0.174	0.201
Resistin (ng/ml)	5.06 (4.35–5.94)	−0.203	0.134
Leptin (ng/ml)	18.99 (9.95–27.72)	0.399	0.003

^aData are presented as mean ± standard deviation