Table 3.

Spearman correlations between body mass index and inflammatory biomarkers at baseline and 6 months (n = 15)

Variable	CRP	IL-6	TNF-α	TNFSR1	Adiponectin	Leptin
BMI
Baseline	.27 (.33)	.08 (.78)	–.08 (.78)	.32 (.24)	< .01 (.99)	.78 (< .01)*
6 mo	.07 (.81)	–.03 (.93)	.17 (.57)	.38 (.18)	–.14 (.64)	.79 (< .01)*
Leptin
Baseline	.43 (.11)	.04 (.90)	.12 (.67)	.23 (.42)	–.14 (.62)	—
6 mo	.21 (.45)	.01 (.97)	.20 (.48)	.44 (.09)†	–.36 (.18)
Adiponectin
Baseline	–.34 (.22)	–.44 (.12)	–.40 (.14)	.49 (.06)†	—
6 mo	–.28 (.31)	–.20 (.50)	–.03 (.93)	–.09 (.75)
TNFSR1
Baseline	–.33 (.23)	–.35 (.22)	< .01 (.99)	—
6 mo	.20 (.47)	–.24 (.42)	.54 (.04)*
TNF-α
Baseline	.51 (.05)*	.15 (.62)	—
6 mo	.53 (.04)*	–.45 (.11)
IL-6
Baseline	.04 (.90)	—
6 mo	–.10 (.73)

BMI = body mass index; CRP = C-reactive protein; IL-6 = interleukin-6; TNF-α = tumor necrosis factor-; TNFSR1 = soluble receptor 1 for TNF-α.

Data presented as r, with P values in parentheses.

^*Significant at P <.05.

^†Trend for significance with P = .05 to .10.