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Table 3.

Correlation between FGF21, age, sex, BMI, T2D diagnosis, smoking status, TAC, OxLDL, and eGFR.

	Age (years)	Sex (%)	BMI (kg/m²)	T2D (%)	Smoking (%)	TAC (µM/Trolox Eq.)	OxLDL (IU/L)	eGFR (ml/min)
FGF21^†	0.236^**	−0.102^*	0.056	0.044	0.045	0.217^**	0.084	−0.429^**

Pearson’s correlation coefficient. n = 382.

p < 0.05.

^**

p < 0.001.

^†

log-transformed variable.

BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; FGF21, fibroblast growth factor 21; OxLDL, oxidized low-density lipoproteins; T2D, type 2 diabetes; TAC, serum total antioxidant capacity.