Beyond the Scale: Investigating Adiponectin, ICAM-1, and VCAM-1 as Metabolic Markers in Obese Adolescents with Metabolic Syndrome

Table 4

The correlation between adiponectin, ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and the MetS parameters (blood pressure, lipid profile, and fasting (blood glucose) based on gender.

Physical measurements and MetS parameters	Adiponectin		ICAM-1		VCAM-1
	r		r		r
Boys (n = 82)
Waist circumference	−0.126	0.242	−0.114	0.290	−0.031	0.776
Hip circumference	−0.127	0.237	−0.076	0.483	0.005	0.964
BMI	−0.065	0.549	0.047	0.665	0.040	0.710
Fasting blood glucose	−0.087	0.418	0.217	0.043	0.002	0.986
Fasting insulin	−0.272	0.011	−0.011	0.918	−0.009	0.932
Triglycerides	−0.174	0.105	0.145	0.177	0.130	0.229
Total cholesterol	0.035	0.744	0.145	0.177	0.165	0.123
HDL-c	0.155	0.148	0.261	0.014	0.032	0.767
LDL-c	0.005	0.964	0.118	0.274	0.228	0.033
Systole-BP	−0.051	0.634	0.047	0.666	−0.265	0.013
Diastole-BP	−0.049	0.654	−0.144	0.180	−0.264	0.013
Girls (n = 38)
Waist circumference	0.070	0.681	−0.013	0.941	0.054	0.752
Hip circumference	−0.056	0.743	0.021	0.902	−0.035	0.835
BMI	0.154	0.362	−0.204	0.226	−0.160	0.345
Fasting blood glucose	0.072	0.670	0.422	0.009	0.111	0.513
Fasting insulin	−0.224	0.182	0.183	0.279	0.080	0.638
Total cholesterol	0.044	0.797	−0.005	0.977	−0.100	0.557
Triglycerides	−0.199	0.239	0.138	0.416	0.271	0.104
HDL-c	0.163	0.336	0.106	0.533	−0.035	0.839
LDL-c	0.119	0.484	−0.147	0.385	0.224	0.182
Systole-BP	0.043	0.801	−0.072	0.671	−0.076	0.654
Diastole-BP	−0.046	−0.785	−0.077	0.649	0.116	0.493

Spearman correlation, significant if .