Unhealthy Phenotype as Indicated by Salivary Biomarkers: Glucose, Insulin, VEGF-A, and IL-12p70 in Obese Kuwaiti Adolescents

Table 2

Correlation coefficients () with values between salivary glucose and salivary biomarkers sorted by ascending order of .

Biomarker	Correlation coefficient		Biomarker	Correlation coefficient
	Insulin			<0.0001	IL-10		0.255
VEGF		0.005	IL-8		0.275
IL-12p70		0.035	MCP-1		0.312
MPO		0.059	IL-4		0.354
IL-13		0.108	Leptin		0.377
IL-17A		0.121	IL-1β		0.452
Ghrelin		0.132	Adiponectin		0.517
TNF-α		0.145	IL-6		0.548
Resistin		0.176	CRP		0.561
IFN-γ		0.215	MMP-9		0.845