Table 2.

Correlation between serum vaspin levels and sympathetic (LFa) and parasympathetic (RFa) activity at rest and during clinical tests in the NGT group and in the subgroups with (NGT + MetS) and without (NGT – MetS) Metabolic syndrome

NGT	Vaspin
	Corr coeff (r)	P
LFa at rest	−0.31	0.010
RFa at rest	−0.3	0.010
LFa deep breathing	−0.24	0.042
RFa deep breathing	−0.42	<0.001
LFa valsalva maneuver	−0.24	0.043
RFa valsalva maneuver	−0.33	0.006
LFa standing	−0.31	0.009
RFa standing	−0.34	0.004
NGT + MetS
LFa at rest	−0.39	0.021
RFa at rest	−0.31	0.066
LFa deep breathing	−0.41	0.016
RFa deep breathing	−0.35	0.038
LFa Valsalva maneuver	−0.18	0.311
RFa Valsalva maneuver	−0.24	0.158
LFa standing	−0.36	0.035
RFa standing	−0.34	0.049
NGT – MetS
LFa at rest	−0.2	0.251
RFa at rest	−0.38	0.025
LFa deep breathing	−0.05	0.774
RFa deep breathing	−0.51	0.002
LFa valsalva maneuver	−0.29	0.096
RFa valsalva maneuver	−0.42	0.013
LFa standing	−0.27	0.118
RFa standing	−0.38	0.023

Statistical significant values are presented in italics