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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Metabolism. 2015 Jul 26;64(11):1490–1499. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2015.07.016

Table 5.

Correlation analyses of changes in serum THBS1 and metabolic parameters during weight reduction therapy.

Variable Male
n = 34
Female
n = 44
Premenopausal
n = 20
Postmenopausal
n = 24
γs P γs P γs P γs P
ΔBMI −0.16 0.357   0.09 0.543   0.47 0.035* −0.15 0.493
ΔWC   0.09 0.631 −0.01 0.970   0.25 0.283 −0.28 0.186
ΔVAT area −0.03 0.875   0.13 0.433   0.38 0.135 −0.15 0.516
ΔSAT area −0.02 0.910   0.02 0.895   0.13 0.633   0.01 0.970
ΔFPG −0.16 0.355   0.00 0.978   0.30 0.204 −0.28 0.189
ΔHbA1c −0.17 0.323 −0.06 0.703   0.32 0.175 −0.41 0.044*
ΔIRI −0.08 0.689 −0.07 0.672   0.16 0.535 −0.20 0.365
ΔHOMA-IR −0.10 0.600 −0.05 0.759   0.22 0.400 −0.25 0.260
ΔTG −0.28 0.112 −0.11 0.486   0.06 0.806 −0.28 0.182
ΔHDL-C −0.09 0.597   0.12 0.435   0.08 0.728   0.08 0.714
ΔLDL-C   0.07 0.712 −0.21 0.170   0.18 0.440 −0.58 0.003*
ΔAST   0.15 0.387 −0.15 0.347   0.02 0.947 −0.29 0.172
ΔALT   0.17 0.331   0.03 0.865   0.17 0.474 −0.11 0.619
ΔγGTP −0.06 0.748 −0.20 0.215 −0.10 0.736 −0.23 0.284
ΔLeptin −0.20 0.270 −0.10 0.530   0.11 0.658 −0.18 0.406
ΔAdiponectin   0.30 0.097   0.06 0.700   0.06 0.819   0.07 0.764
ΔhsCRP −0.25 0.175 −0.04 0.795 −0.01 0.977 −0.04 0.861

The parameter change (Δ) was defined as the level after 6 months minus the level at the baseline. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (γs) was used to assess the relationships among the study variables.

*

P < 0.05.