Relationships of Adiponectin with Markers of Systemic Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in Infants Undergoing Open Cardiac Surgery

Table 2

Correlations of adiponectin with metabolic variables.

	Adiponectin with the insulin glycaemic index	Adiponectin with IL-6	Adiponectin with TNF-𝛼
𝑇1	−0.415*	−0.397*	−0.419*
𝑇2	−0.408*	−0.384*	−0.379*
𝑇3	−0.354	−0.347	−0.364
𝑇4	−0.465**	−0.427**	−0.447**
𝑇5	−0.346	−0.352	−0.357
𝑇6	−0.358	−0.371	−0.374
𝑇7	−0.361	−0.375	−0.342

Pearson’s correlation coefficient (𝑟) and 𝑃 values of the corresponding significance test are both presented. (𝑇: time; 𝑇1: before anesthesia; 𝑇2: initiation of CPB; 𝑇3: termination of CPB; 𝑇4: 6 h after CPB; 𝑇5: 12 h after CPB; 𝑇6: 24 h after CPB; 𝑇7: 48 h after CPB. *𝑃<0.05 and **𝑃<0.001.)