Table 3.
Week 4 correlations between hormones and inflammatory markers.
| Hormone | Inflammatory marker (Pearson correlation coefficient and p-value) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Cured | Failed | |
| Adiponectin | IFNγ (0.93; 0.00), MIP-1α (0.75; 0.02), sIL-4R (0.74; 0.01), VEGF (0.75; 0.02), G-CSF (0.65; 0.04) | |
| Amylin (Tot) | sIL-2Rα (0.67; 0.04) | |
| Cortisol | MMP-9 (−0.77; 0.01) | |
| Dehydroepiandrosterone | CRP (−0.55; 0.00), IP-10 (−0.47; 0.02), SAP A (−0.54; 0.01), sIL-2Rα (−0.40; 0.04) | |
| Estradiol | IFNγ (−0.47; 0.04), IP-10 (−0.42; 0.04), SAP A (−0.46; 0.02), TNFα (−0.49;0.04) | GRO (−0.79;0.01), MIP-1β (−0.66; 0.04), IL-10 (−0.72;0.02) |
| Ghrelin | GRO (0.54; 0.01) | IP-10 (−0.74; 0.01), MMP-9 (0.65; 0.04) |
| T3 | CRP (−0.51; 0.02), sIL-2Rα (−0.56; 0.01) | |
| T4 | IP-10 (0.72; 0.02), MIP-1β (0.86; 0.00) | |
Italic text: negative correlations.