Table 3.

Correlations between FABP4 and FABP6 levels and anthropometric variables and other parameters

Variable	CRC group				control group
	FABP4		FABP6		FABP4		FABP6
	r	P	r	P	r	P	r	P
Age	0.017	0.867	0.002	0.981	0.020	0.854	0.042	0.631
Sex	0.079	0.436	− 0.019	0.853	− 0.122	0.226	0.120	0.314
BMI	0.277	0.005	0.067	0.511	0.227	0.024	0.035	0.727
WHR	0.182	0.040	0.042	0.631	0.179	0.048	0.102	0.311
SBP	− 0.022	0.828	0.248	0.013	− 0.010	0.323	− 0.138	0.172
DBP	− 0.046	0.650	0.291	0.003	− 0.045	0.655	0.015	0.883
FPG	0.135	0.182	0.112	0.269	0.116	0.249	0.088	0.385
TG	0.215	0.013	0.091	0.295	0.139	0.150	− 0.001	0.988
TCH	0.044	0.662	− 0.020	0.842	0.041	0.693	0.126	0.147
LDL-C	0.020	0.842	− 0.005	0.957	0.121	0.299	0.049	0.627
HDL-C	− 0.076	0.381	− 0.046	0.652	− 0.108	0.309	0.071	0.502
CEA	0.082	0.417	− 0.085	0.399	0.096	0.376	0.047	0.652
CA19-9	− 0.106	0.298	0.117	0.154	0.134	0.185	0.142	0.146
FABP6	0.121	0.193	---	---	0.163	0.055	---	---

Correlation coefficients and P values were determined using Spearman correlation analysis. BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, WHR waist:hip ratio, TCH total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, FPG fasting plasma glucose, FABP4 fatty acid-binding proteins 4, FABP6 fatty acid-binding proteins 6