Table 5.

Spearman rho correlations between adipose tissue and proinflammatory adipokines by level of injury.

	TNF-α	IL-6	PAI-1	TAFI-1	hs-CRP
	Paraplegia SCI (n = 35)
SAT volume	0.26	0.15	0.43*	−0.16	0.28
VAT volume	0.25	0.03	0.40*	−0.12	0.16
VAT/SAT ratio	0.07	−0.07	0.19	−0.13	−0.09
	Tetraplegia SCI (n = 12)
SAT volume	0.50	0.00	−0.35	−0.12	0.35
VAT volume	0.49	0.30	−0.21	0.15	0.45
VAT/SAT ratio	0.18	0.29	0.24	0.35	0.16

Note: hs-CRP, High-sensitivity c-reactive protein; IL-6, interleukin-6; PAI-1, plasminogen activatable inhibitor-1; SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue; TAFI-1, thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor-1; TNF- α, tumor necrosis factor-α; VAT, visceral adipose tissue.

*p < 0.05.