Mediators of Inflammation

Research Article

Gender Differences in Fat Distribution and Inflammatory Markers among Arabs

Table 3

Correlation between metabolic markers, and serum adipokines and inflammatory markers in men and women.


Metabolic marker	Adiponectin g/mL	CRP pg/mL	RANTES pg/mL	MCP-1 pg/mL	Leptin ng/mL	IL-6 pg/mL

Men
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.03	0.25	−0.05	0.14	0.21	0.08
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.04	0.07	−0.21	0.46 *	0.35	0.00
HDL (mmol/L)	0.23	0.04	−0.06	−0.08	−0.09	−0.01
LDL (mmol/L)	−0.04	0.29	−0.09	0.15	0.17	0.13
Waist circumference (cm)	−0.07	0.64 **	−0.06	0.25	0.86 **	0.76**
Systolic BP (mm Hg)	0.00	0.63 **	−0.21	0.10	0.47 *	0.61 **
Diastolic BP (mm Hg)	0.05	0.39	−0.21	0.22	0.34	0.48*
Insulin (IU/mL)	0.05	0.46	0.12	−0.19	0.65 **	0.35
Fasting glucose (mmol)	−0.09	0.34	0.18	0.25	0.45	0.31
HOMA-IR	0.08	0.41	0.11	−0.18	0.65 **	0.35
VO₂ Max (mL/kg/min)	0.22	−0.43*	−0.14	−0.03	−0.40	−0.51*
Women
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	−0.01	0.15	0.20	0.15	0.21	0.25
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	−0.45*	0.27	0.22	−0.21	0.33	0.26
HDL (mmol/L)	0.28	−0.06	0.01	0.11	−0.01	−0.25
LDL (mmol/L)	−0.07	0.19	0.31	0.10	0.25	0.41 *
Waist circumference (cm)	−0.10	0.01	0.14	0.25	0.07	0.53**
Systolic BP (mm Hg)	0.32	0.14	0.24	0.21	0.08	0.17
Diastolic BP (mm Hg)	−0.04	0.13	0.19	0.55 *	0.11	0.46*
Insulin (IU/mL)	−0.39*	0.27	0.28	−0.44	0.50	0.23
Fasting glucose (mmol)	−0.32	0.25	0.39 *	−0.18	0.14	0.22
HOMA-IR	−0.38	0.27	0.32	−0.39	0.47	0.27
VO₂ Max (mL/kg/min)	0.17	−0.54**	0.03	−0.38	−0.34	−0.11

Data reported as Spearman correlation coefficients. Bold font indicates gender-specific correlations. ; .
CRP: C-reactive protein; RANTES: regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted; MCP-1: monocyte chemotactic protein-1; IL-6: interleukin-6; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; BP: blood pressure; HOMA-IR: homeostasis model of assessment-insulin resistance; VO₂ Max: maximal oxygen uptake.