Table 3.

Correlation results of anthropometric parameters with FTO gene methylation, expression, and PLAG1 gene expression.

	FTO Gene Region 1 Methylation		FTO Expression		PLAG1 Expression
Anthropometric Parameters	Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient r	p Value	Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient r	p Value	Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient r	p Value
BMI (percentile)	0.428	0.029	0.449	0.021	0.363	0.068
BMI (kg/m2)	0.376	0.059	0.608	0.001	0.445	0.023
BMI SD	0.415	0.035	0.473	0.015	0.430	0.028
Waist circumference (cm)	0.370	0.062	0.445	0.023	0.267	0.187
Waist circumference (percentile)	0.504	0.014	0.509	0.013	0.369	0.083
BF_kg	0.437	0.061	0.704	<0.001	0.246	0.311
BF_%	0.289	0.229	0.837	<0.001	0.523	0.022