Table 2. Correlations of laboratory values in the obese/overweight group.

Obese/overweight group (n = 49)	AST (U/L)	ALT (U/L)	T.cholesterol (mg/dL)	Triglyceride (mg/dL)	HOMA index	Glucose (mg/dL)	HbA1C (%)	HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	BMI per.	Leptin (ng/mL)	Omentin-1 (pg/mL)	Vaspin (pg/mL)	Adiponectin (µg/mL)
Age (yr)	0.001	0.172	0.085	0.156	0.035	0.073	0.049	0.020	0.011	0.230 *	0.116	−0.121	0.147	0.433 *
AST (U/L)	1	0.898 †	−0.002	0.067	−0.082	−0.104	−0.072	−0.150	0.057	0.080	−0.142	0.168	0.011	−0.107
ALT (U/L)		1	−0.030	0.153	−0.014	−0.142	−0.048	−0.192	0.014	0.238 *	−0.097	0.255	−0.055	−0.144
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)			1	0.210	−0.079	−0.128	0.040	0.319 †	0.864 †	−0.097	0.136	0.111	0.017	−0.121
Triglyceride (mg/dL)				1	0.243 *	0.120	0.064	−0.353 †	−0.010	0.368 †	0.120	0.174	−0.141	−0.242
HOMA index					1	0.622 †	−0.021	−0.067	−0.175	0.254 *	0.114	0.014	0.014	−0.032
Glucose (mg/dL)						1	0.071	0.074	−0.227 *	0.145	0.174	0.012	0.025	0.085
HbA1C (%)							1	0.093	−0.088	0.003	−0.025	0.145	−0.088	0.121
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)								1	0.117	−0.291 †	−0.142	−0.201 *	0.215 *	0.287
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)									1	−0.130	0.107	0.244	0.014	−0.024
BMI percentile										1	0.105	−0.130	0.127	0.022
Leptin (ng/mL)											1	0.170	0.200	−0.121
Omentin-1 (pg/mL)												1	−0.088	−0.136
Vaspin (pg/mL)													1	−0.047
Adiponectin (µg/mL)														1

BMI, body mass index; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; LDL, low density lipoprotein; HDL, high density lipoprotein.

^*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed); ^†Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).