Table 6.
Correlation Between the Studied Adipokines and IL10 with the Serum Fasting Insulin and HOMA-IR
| Adipsin | Lipocalin- 2 | IL10 | Fasting Insulin | HOMA-IR | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | P-value | r | P-value | r | P-value | r | P-value | r | P-value | |
| Adipsin ng/mL | - | - | 0.573 | 0.000 | 0.146 | 0.148 | −0.106 | 0.292 | −0.108 | 0.283 |
| Lipocalin 2 ng/mL | 0.573 | 0.000 | - | - | 0.132 | 0.191 | 0.614** | <0.001 | 0.723 | 0.000 |
| IL10 pg/mL | 0.146 | 0.148 | 0.132 | 0.191 | - | - | −0.265** | 0.001 | 0.186 | 0.064 |
| Fasting insulin mg/dl | −0.106 | 0.292 | −0.225 | 0.025 | 0.211* | 0.035 | - | - | 0.988 | 0.000 |
| HOMA-IR | −0.108 | 0.283 | −0.250 | 0.012 | 0.186 | 0.064 | 0.988** | <0.001 | - | - |
Notes: Spearman correlation coefficients. *Significant at P ≤ 0.05. **Highly significant at P ≤ 0.001.