. 2018 Feb 25;10(3):260. doi: 10.3390/nu10030260

Table A1.

Partial correlation coefficients between serum carotenoids and inflammatory biomarkers by gender after further adjusted for some medications.

	Age, Sex Adjusted ^M1							Multivariate-Adjusted ^M2
	aRBP4 ^d	RBP4	hsCRP	MCP1	IL6	IL-1β	TNF-α	aRBP4 ^d	RBP4	hsCRP	MCP1	IL-6	IL-1β	TNF-α
Women	1866	1866	1989	894	879	880	883	1866	1866	1989	894	879	880	883
Total carotenoids ^e	−0.143 ^c	−0.112 ^c	−0.155 ^c	−0.043	0.035	−0.002	0.001	−0.111 ^c	−0.091 ^c	−0.107 ^c	−0.048	0.032	−0.036	−0.037
Log total carotenoids	−0.146 ^c	−0.111 ^c	−0.146 ^c	−0.045	0.057	0.037	0.027	−0.115 ^c	−0.093 ^c	−0.097 ^c	−0.052	0.051	−0.010	−0.026
α-Carotene	−0.071 ^b	−0.058 ^a	−0.140 ^c	−0.068 ^a	−0.027	−0.074 ^a	−0.075 ^a	−0.039	−0.030	−0.086 ^c	−0.054	−0.009	−0.055	−0.053
β-Carotene	−0.116 ^c	−0.095 ^c	−0.171 ^c	−0.064	0.039	0.039	0.028	−0.079 ^c	−0.068 ^b	−0.110 ^c	−0.066	0.040	0.016	−0.004
β-Cryptoxanthin	−0.090 ^c	−0.073 ^b	−0.055 ^a	0.014	0.091 ^b	0.021	0.055	−0.077 ^c	−0.069 ^b	−0.051 ^a	−0.005	0.072 ^a	−0.017	0.009
Lycopene	−0.109 ^c	−0.088 ^c	−0.127 ^c	−0.002	−0.009	−0.023	−0.017	−0.082 ^c	−0.069 ^b	−0.086 ^c	−0.0004	−0.011	−0.033	−0.028
Lutein + zeaxanthin	−0.149 ^c	−0.106 ^c	−0.086 ^c	−0.042	0.035	0.028	0.012	−0.130 ^c	−0.098 ^c	−0.056 ^b	−0.050	0.025	−0.041	−0.065
Men	866	866	930	414	411	410	412	866	866	930	414	411	410	412
Total carotenoids ^e	−0.096 ^b	−0.059	−0.165 ^c	−0.148 ^b	−0.06	0.013	−0.041	−0.068	−0.043	−0.123 ^c	−0.156 ^b	−0.087	−0.029	−0.099 ^a
Log total carotenoids	−0.105 ^b	−0.063	−0.124 ^c	−0.121 ^a	−0.046	0.007	−0.035	−0.078 ^a	−0.047	−0.088 ^b	−0.127 ^b	−0.072	−0.042	−0.100 ^a
α-Carotene	−0.076 ^a	−0.068 ^a	−0.206 ^c	−0.126 ^b	−0.074	−0.029	−0.088	−0.052	−0.049	−0.160 ^c	−0.125 ^b	−0.076	−0.015	−0.079
β-Carotene	−0.072 ^a	−0.062	−0.134 ^c	−0.091	−0.027	−0.025	−0.034	−0.038	−0.037	−0.090 ^b	−0.096	−0.051	−0.074	−0.089
β-Cryptoxanthin	−0.055	−0.019	−0.067 ^a	−0.119 ^a	−0.061	0.038	0.048	−0.040	−0.016	−0.044	−0.126 ^a	−0.095	−0.024	−0.017
Lycopene	−0.032	−0.005	−0.154 ^c	−0.128 ^b	−0.021	0.056	−0.062	−0.013	0.003	−0.117 ^c	−0.125 ^b	−0.028	0.041	−0.096
Lutein + zeaxanthin	−0.121 ^c	−0.065	−0.055	−0.093	−0.045	0.011	−0.011	−0.104 ^b	−0.057	−0.036	−0.098 ^a	−0.070	−0.036	−0.074

^a p < 0.05; ^b p < 0.01; ^c p < 0.001. ^d retinol-adjusted RBP4 using the residual method. ^e All variables were the Z-score of log transformed value, but only Z-score for total carotenoids. ^M1 adjusted for age and gender; ^M2 adjusted for age, gender, marital status, education level, household income (Yuan/month per person), smoking, drinking, vitamin supplements, MET (exclude sleeping and rest), TC, BMI, and using of drugs (e.g., statin, anti-hypertension or anti-diabetic drugs).