Table 3.

Partial correlations of C-reactive protein (A) with serum 25(OH)D, adipose tissue VDR mRNA, NFκB1 mRNA, IL6 mRNA, and IL1B mRNA corrected by gender. Partial correlations corrected by gender of adipose tissue NFκB1 mRNA (B) with IL 6 mRNA, IL1B mRNA and VDR mRNA

A	Log(C-reactive protein)
	r	p
Log(25(OH)D)	−0.270	0.011
Log(VDR mRNA)	0.219	0.049
Log(NFκB1 mRNA)	0.284	0.016
Log(IL6 mRNA)	0.245	0.029
Log(IL1B mRNA)	0.272	0.016
B	NFκB1 mRNA
	r	p
Log(IL6 mRNA)	0.688	0.000
Log(IL1B mRNA)	0.778	0.000
Log(VDR mRNA)	0.761	0.000

25(OH)D 25-hydroxy-vitamin D, VDR vitamin D receptor, NFκB1 Nuclear Factor Kappa B subunit 1, IL6 Interleukin 6, IL1B Interleukin 1 beta