Table 3. Age-adjusted Spearman partial correlation coefficients between E-selectin concentration and anthropometric (BMI, waist-to-hip ratio) and biochemical variables by gender.

	All (N = 204) a		Male (N = 87) b		Female (N = 117)
	rs	P-value	rs	P-value	rs	P-value
BMI (kg/m2)	0.260	< 0.001	0.359	0.001	0.193	0.038
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.322	< 0.001	0.290	0.007	0.301	0.001
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/l)	0.257	< 0.001	0.094	0.391	0.319	0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.175	0.012	0.102	0.349	0.220	0.018
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.198	0.005	0.148	0.173	0.196	0.035
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	0.348	< 0.001	0.362	0.001	0.307	0.001
HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)	-0.184	0.009	-0.066	0.546	-0.217	0.019
TNF-α (ng/ml)	0.218	0.002	0.189	0.082	0.273	0.003
IL-6 (pg/ml)	0.108	0.127	0.162	0.136	0.031	0.743
hsCRP (mg/dl)	0.174	0.013	0.194	0.073	0.205	0.027
VCAM-1 (ng/ml)	-0.003	0.961	0.094	0.392	-0.112	0.232
ICAM-1 (ng/ml)	0.273	< 0.001	0.267	0.013	0.253	0.006

^a Due to one subject with missing data of age, N = 204

^b Due to one subject with missing data of age, N = 87