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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Obes. 2014 Nov 14;10(5):338–344. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.269

Table 2.

Correlation between phenotypic variables and circulated LTF concentrations

	Correlation with LTF
	Total	Male	Female
Age (years)	0.23^**	0.32^**	0.16
BMI (kg m⁻²)	0.24^**	0.33^**	0.18
Fat mass (kg)	0.22^**	0.32^**	0.13
Waist circumference (cm)	0.24^**	0.31^**	0.20
Hip circumference (cm)	0.22^**	0.30^*	0.16
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.14	0.26^*	0.03
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	0.21^**	0.22	0.20
Triglyceride (mg dL⁻¹)	0.11	0.10	0.12
HDL (mg dL⁻¹)	−0.07	−0.09	−0.06
LDL (mg dL⁻¹)	0.16^*	0.07	0.24^*
VLDL (mg dL⁻¹)	0.07	0.03	0.12
Total cholesterol (mg dL⁻¹)	0.04	0.05	0.04
ALT (U L⁻¹)	0.14	0.18	0.12
AST (U L⁻¹)	0.03	0.07	0.01
HbA1c (%)	−0.14	−0.07	−0.20
White blood cell (k mm⁻³)	0.42^**	0.46^**	0.38^**
Adiponectin (μg mL⁻¹)	−0.07	−0.12	−0.04
Fasting glucose (mg dL⁻¹)	0.07	0.04	0.11
Fasting insulin (μU mL⁻¹)	−0.00	0.08	−0.11

P < 0.05.

^**

P < 0.01.

ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; LTF, lactoferrin; VLDL, very low-density lipoprotein.