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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
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