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. 2016 Mar 15;9(3):359–373. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfv156

Table 2.

Correlations in 988 renal transplant recipients

Leptin
Adiponectin
Resistin
Correlation coefficient P-value Correlation coefficient P-value Correlation coefficient P-value
Demographic data
 Age 0.08 0.02 0.08 <0.01 −0.05 0.12
 Charlson comorbidity index 0.03 0.43 0.13 <0.01 <0.01 0.89
 ESRD time −0.02 0.58 0.09 <0.01 0.1 <0.01
Kidney-related parameters
 eGFR −0.22 <0.01 −0.25 <0.01 −0.45 <0.01
Inflammatory markers
 TNF-α 0.06 0.08 0.07 0.04 0.21 <0.01
 CRP 0.09 <0.01 0.02 0.55 0.18 <0.01
 IL-6 0.09 <0.01 0.08 0.01 0.11 <0.01
Nutritional parameters
 BMI 0.48 <0.01 −0.19 <0.01 −0.11 <0.01
 Abdominal circumference 0.31 <0.01 −0.22 <0.01 −0.08 0.02
 HDL cholesterol −0.02 0.54 0.34 <0.01 −0.13 <0.01
 LDL cholesterol 0.02 0.44 −0.01 0.70 −0.12 <0.01
 Cholesterol 0.10 0.00 0.12 <0.01 −0.1 <0.01
Adipocytokines
 Leptin −0.04 0.18 0.0472 0.1402
 Resistin 0.05 0.14 0.13 <0.01
 Adiponectin −0.04 0.18 0.13 <0.01
Transplantation-related data
 Cold ischemic time 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.03 0.07 0.04
 PRA mean 0.04 0.24 0.05 0.14 0.06 0.06
 HLA mismatch −0.07 0.03 0.02 0.45 −0.04 0.17

ESRD, end-stage renal disease; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; CRP, C-reactive protein; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; IL, interleukin; BMI, body mass index; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; PRA, panel reactive antibodies; HLA, human leukocyte antigen.