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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018 Oct 17;28(1):76–82. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-0654

Table 3.

Pearson partial correlation coefficients between adiposity and inflammation- and angiogenesis-related biomarker measurements adjusted for age, sex, and tumor stage

	VEGF-A (pg/L)		VEGF-D (pg/L)		CRP (mg/L)		SAA (mg/L)		sICAM-1 (mg/L)		sVCAM-1 (mg/L)
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
BMI (kg/m²)	−0.09	0.25	−0.03	0.69	0.12	0.16	0.00	0.98	0.09	0.32	0.23	0.006
Subcutaneous fat area, L3/L4 (cm²)	−0.04	0.66	0.02	0.86	0.10	0.27	0.03	0.74	0.03	0.78	0.13	0.15
Subcutaneous fat area, L4/L5 (cm²)	−0.04	0.64	−0.02	0.84	0.08	0.36	0.04	0.62	−0.00	0.99	0.13	0.12
Visceral fat area, L3/L4 (cm²)	0.11	0.17	0.04	0.62	0.21	0.01	0.17	0.037	0.10	0.21	0.15	0.07
Visceral fat area, L4/L5 (cm²)	0.12	0.14	0.08	0.31	0.21	0.01	0.14	0.09	0.114	0.10	0.17	0.036
Ratio 1: VFA:SFA at L3/L4	0.28	0.0008	0.030	0.72	0.18	0.04	0.24	0.006	0.18	0.04	0.08	0.34
Ratio 2: VFA:SFA at L4/L5	0.27	0.001	0.10	0.23	0.20	0.02	0.18	0.036	0.22	0.01	0.08	0.34

Abbreviations: cm, centimeters; VFA: visceral fat area; SFA: subcutaneous fat area; mg: milligrams; L: liters; VEGF-A: vascular endothelial growth factor A; VEGF-D: vascular endothelial growth factor D; CRP: C reactive protein; SAA: serum amyloid A; sICAM-1: soluble intracellular cell adhesion molecule 1; sVCAM-1: soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule 1; BMI: body mass index