Table 2.

Correlations between metabolic parameters and adipose tissue ANGPTL2 mRNA or serum ANGPTL2 in study participants.

	ANGPTL2 mRNA		Serum ANGPTL2
	VAT	SAT
	r	r	r	r a
BMI	0.354*	0.138	0.434*
Age	−0.219	−0.189	−0.173	0.096
Systolic BP	0.269*	0.147	0.359*	0.205
Diastolic BP	0.297*	0.153	0.384*	0.210
Glucose	−0.036	0.002	0.350*	0.430*
Insulin	0.344*	0.261*	0.433*	0.178
HOMA-IR	0.300*	0.235*	0.486*	0.319*
Total cholesterol	0.133	0.086	0.302*	0.016
HDL-cholesterol	0.007	−0.080	0.016	−0.242
LDL-cholesterol	0.251*	0.190	0.242*	−0.111
Triglyceride	0.268*	0.259*	0.471*	0.325*
hs-CRP	0.313*	0.202	0.477*	0.130
Leptin	0.351*	0.272*	0.361*	0.128
Adiponectin	−0.305*	−0.147	0.178	−0.138
VSR	−0.245	−0.183	0.189	0.271*

n = 77, r = Pearson correlation coefficient; r^a = Correlation coefficient after adjustment for BMI; *P < 0.05.