Table 5.

Correlation analyses between plasma IL-6 and lipid metabolism parameters in cachexia patients of different genders

	Male		Female
	r	p	r	P
TC	−0.19	0.247	0.02	0.933
TG	−0.19	0.248	−0.09	0.698
ApoA	0.08	0.632	0.06	0.805
ApoB	−0.10	0.543	0.35	0.157
ApoE	−0.23	0.168	−0.23	0.357
FFA	−0.19	0.24	0.47	0.037

TC Total cholesterol, TG Tri-glyceride, ApoA Apolipoprotein A, ApoB Apolipoprotein B, ApoE Apolipoprotein E, FFA Free fatty acid