Table III.

Pearson correlation between BMI and studied parameters

Parameter	r	P-value
Waist circumference	0.71	< 0.001
Systolic BP	0.50	< 0.001
Diastolic BP	0.75	< 0.001
Glucose	0.06	0.064
TC	0.179	0.009
HDL-C	-0.193	0.005
LDL-C	0.24	< 0.001
TG	0.65	< 0.001
TG/HDL-C	0.71	< 0.001
Urea	-0.13	NS
Uric acid	-0.008	NS
Insulin	0.116	NS
IL-1 β	-0.070	NS
IL-6	-0.075	NS
Leptin	0.74	< 0.001
Adiponectin	-0.267	0.001
TNF-α	0.136	NS
CRP	-0.064	NS

NS – not statistically significant.