Table 4.

Correlations between the parameters (at the global level and at a specific group level).

		sICAM1	sVCAM1	LEPTIN	GHRELIN	CHEMERIN	HOMA	QUICKI	McAuley Score	GLYC/INS
BMI	Global	0.045	−0.31 *	0.402 **	0.10	−0.28	0.338 **	−0.339 **	−0.328 **	0.11
	G1	−0.183	0.083	−0.19	−0.209	−0.247	−0.005	0.005	−0.204	−0.27
	G2	−0.3	−0.4	0.3	0.04	−0.15	0.01	−0.01	0.179	0.14
	G3	0.75 *	0.107	0.02	−0.17	0.39	0.18	−0.18	0.139	0.39
	G4	0.19	−0.09	0.179	0.05	0.142	0.319 *	−0.33 *	−0.365 *	−0.125
WC	Global	0.034	−0.22	0.098	0.086	−0.36	0.334 **	−0.334 **	−0.225 *	0.220 *
	G1	−0.08	−0.21	−0.31	0.166	−0.43	−0.088	0.088	0.07	0.441
	G2	0.025	0.084	0.377	0.006	−0.09	0.005	−0.005	−0.05	0.18
	G3	0.306	−0.306	−0.493	−0.134	0.11	0.128	−0.128	0.398	0.604
	G4	0.142	−0.03	−0.18	0.069	0.224	0.229	−0.242	−0.191	0.08
TC	Global	0.092	−0.187	0.249	0.04	0.087	−0.009	0.012	−0.495 **	−0.14
	G1	0.75 *	−0.133	0.23	0.236	0.165	0.40	−0.401	−0.628 *	0.148
	G2	0.517	−0.033	0.667 *	0.061	0.32	0.04	−0.04	−0.653 **	−0.512 *
	G3	−0.28	−0.286	0.60	−0.05	−0.345	−0.05	0.05	−0.37	0.009
	G4	−0.062	−0.147	0.124	−0.037	−0.038	−0.106	0.112	−0.514**	−0.08
LDL-C	Global	0.133	−0.145	−0.140	0.004	0.042	0.05	−0.49	−0.384 **	−0.103
	G1	0.603	−0.293	0.036	0.124	0.047	0.316	−0.316	−0.536	0.206
	G2	0.750 *	0.383	0.317	0.126	0.198	0.190	−0.19	−0.629 **	−0.583 *
	G3	−0.179	−0.429	0.771	−0.03	−0.255	−0.023	0.023	−0.17	0.182
	G4	−0.001	−0.162	0.11	−0.024	−0.06	−0.017	0.022	−0.409 **	−0.05
HDL-C	Global	0.176	0.054	0.169	0.178	0.196	−0.254 *	0.256 *	0.096	−0.205
	G1	0.795 *	0.059	0.503	0.515	0.454	0.263	−0.263	−0.338	0.069
	G2	0.343	0.393	0.803 **	−0.224	0.562 *	−0.221	0.221	−0.08	0.09
	G3	−0.286	0.01	0.314	0.330	−0.40	−0.2	0.20	−0.08	0.05
	G4	0.075	0.009	0.081	0.118	0.086	−0.166	0.167	0.325 *	−0.219
TG	Global	−0.161	−0.22	0.08	0.052	0.052	0.145	−0.143	−0.863 **	−0.06
	G1	0.45	0.1	0.286	0.264	0.407	0.385	−0.385	−0.791 **	−0.038
	G2	0.183	−0.283	0.233	0.432	0.22	0.125	−0.125	−0.91 **	−0.677 **
	G3	−0.714	−0.25	0.371	0.212	−0.582 *	0.291	−0.291	−0.957 **	−0.236
	G4	−0.295	−0.129	−0.08	−0.175	0.021	−0.017	0.026	−0.901 **	0.113

sICAM1 = soluble Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1; sVCAM1 = soluble Vascular Adhesion Molecule 1; HOMA index = homeostatic model assessment; Quicki index = quantitative insulin sensitivity check index; GLYC/INS = ratio between glycemia and insulin; Spearman coefficient or Pearson coefficient was calculated (depending on distribution type—normal or not); * correlation was significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). ** correlation was significant at the 0.01 level (2 tailed). TC = total cholesterol, LDL-C = LDL cholesterol, HDL-C = HDL cholesterol, TG = triglycerides, BMI = body mass index, WC = waist circumference, G1 = group 1, G2 = group 2, G3 = group 3, G4 = group 4.