Table 4.

The association between serum biomarkers and domains of Short Form health survey (SF-36) after adjustment for injury-related confounders and demographic characteristics

Parameter	PF	RF	RE	MH	VT	SF	BP	PCS	MCS	Total
CRP	0.80	0.61	0.97	0.006** (r = −0.35)	0.02 * (r = −0.29)	0.56	0.62	0.66	0.005** (r = −0.38)	0.12
Ferritin	0.41	0.40	0.21	0.69	0.27	0.20	0.48	0.72	0.94	0.67
Calcitonin	0.62	0.43	0.20	0.62	0.13	0.89	0.63	0.66	0.05	0.26
T4	0.97	0.31	0.23	0.55	0.55	0.67	0.38	0.89	0.68	0.85
T3	0.18	0.78	0.79	0.94	0.06	0.69	0.34	0.35	0.34	0.42
TSH	0.82	0.58	0.21	0.38	0.39	0.19	0.35	0.81	0.16	0.57
PTH	0.84	0.63	0.51	0.41	0.77	0.65	0.05	0.80	0.74	0.85
Leptin	0.06	0.01 * (r = −0.16)	0.15	0.85	0.34	0.17	0.30	0.02* (r = −0.30)	0.77	0.09
Adiponectin	0.50	0.86	0.36	0.64	0.29	0.70	0.23	0.28	0.29	0.73
TG	0.13	0.66	0.95	0.83	0.63	0.57	0.98	0.15	0.80	0.24
TC	0.92	0.52	0.79	0.29	0.08	0.75	0.78	0.25	0.18	0.22
HDL-C	0.06	0.84	0.06	0.61	0.42	0.19	0.87	0.37	0.89	0.62
LDL-C	0.45	0.45	0.93	0.21	0.27	0.92	0.92	0.17	0.26	0.23
FPG	0.05	0.19	0.24	0.36	0.95	0.69	0.90	0.44	0.39	0.96

BP: Bodily pain, CRP: C-reactive protein, FPG: Fasting plasma glucose, GH: General health, HDL-C: High density lipoprotein, LDL-C: Low density lipoprotein, MH: Mental health, PF: Physical functioning, PTH: Parathyroid hormone, RE: Role limitation due to emotional problems, RP: Role limitation due to physical problems, SF: Social functioning, T3: Triiodothyronine, T4: Thyroxine, TC: Total cholesterol, TG: Triglyceride, TSH: Thyroid stimulating hormone, VT: Vitality.

The P-values which are presented in this table stand for the partial correlation between variables with controlling for injury-related confounders (level of injury, completeness, ASIA score, type of plegia and time since injury) and demographic characteristics (age, sex and body mass index).

* Significance at level of P < 0.05.

**Significance at level of P < 0.01.