Table 5.
Pearson correlation coefficient of CTRP2, CTRP9, GDF-8 and GDF-15 with anthropometric and biochemical variables
| CLINICAL VARIABLES | CTRP-2 | CTRP-9 | GDF-8 | GDF-15 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (N = 9) |
PCOS (N = 10) |
Control (N = 9) |
PCOS (N = 10) |
Control (N = 9) |
PCOS (N = 10) |
Control (N = 9) |
PCOS (N = 10) |
|
| r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | |
| CTRP-2 | 1 | 1 | −0.49 | −0.01 | −0.02 | 0.16 | −0.43 | 0.07 |
| CTRP-9 | −0.49 | −0.01 | 1 | 1 | −0.001 | 0.58 | 0.44 | − 0.77* |
| GDF-8 | −0.02 | 0.16 | −0.001 | 0.58 | 1 | 1 | −0.17 | −0.46 |
| GDF-15 | −0.43 | 0.07 | 0.44 | −0.77* | −0.17 | − 0.46 | 1 | 1 |
| Age | −0.60 | −0.33 | 0.41 | −0.03 | 0.30 | −0.24 | 0.59 | −0.40 |
| BMI | −0.29 | 0.39 | −0.35 | −0.09 | − 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.55 | 0.08 |
| Waist | −0.24 | 0.38 | −0.38 | −0.003 | − 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.51 | 0.10 |
| Hip | 0.05 | 0.48 | −0.62 | −0.15 | − 0.14 | 0.02 | 0.35 | 0.19 |
| WHR | −0.75* | 0.05 | 0.45 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.46 | −0.08 |
| SBP | −0.26 | 0.19 | −0.18 | −0.58 | 0.14 | −0.50 | 0.48 | 0.65* |
| DBP | 0.21 | 0.06 | −0.50 | −0.39 | 0.10 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.51 |
| Testosterone | −0.09 | 0.71* | 0.16 | 0.24 | −0.12 | 0.64* | −0.40 | −0.12 |
| FAI | −0.04 | 0.31 | −0.34 | 0.06 | −0.52 | 0.39 | −0.11 | −0.44 |
| SHBG | 0.14 | −0.05 | 0.45 | −0.20 | 0.30 | −0.22 | − 0.15 | 0.62 |
| TC | 0.05 | −0.01 | 0.22 | 0.40 | 0.26 | 0.46 | 0.44 | −0.34 |
| TG | −0.39 | −0.13 | 0.16 | 0.35 | 0.41 | −0.08 | 0.57 | −0.15 |
| HDL | 0.20 | −0.25 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.52 | −0.12 | −0.30 | − 0.29 |
| LDL-c | −0.24 | 0.24 | 0.11 | 0.17 | −0.06 | 0.74* | 0.81* | −0.15 |
| FPG | −0.20 | −0.37 | − 0.15 | −0.51 | − 0.12 | −0.26 | 0.46 | 0.68* |
| ALT | 0.03 | 0.37 | −0.35 | 0.04 | 0.45 | 0.41 | −0.26 | 0.04 |
| NEFA | 0.16 | −0.56 | − 0.33 | −0.47 | 0.47 | −0.27 | 0.10 | 0.34 |
| HOMA-IR | −0.62 | 0.002 | −0.23 | 0.12 | −0.42 | 0.56 | 0.27 | 0.005 |
r is Pearson correlation coefficient
CTRPs C1Q/TNF related proteins, GDFs Growth differentiation factors, BMI Body Mass Index, WHR Waist Hip ratio, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, SHBG Sex hormone binding globulin, TC Total cholesterol, LDL-c Low density lipoprotein cholesterol and HDL-c High density lipoprotein cholesterol and TG triglyceride, ALT alanine transferase, FPG fasting plasma glucose, NEFA non-esterified free fatty acids, HOMA-IR Homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance
* P < 0.05 is considered to be statistically significant