Research Article

Identification of Anti-Long Chain Saturated Fatty Acid IgG Antibodies in Serum of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 5

Anti-LCSFA antibodies and IL-1β from serum of Hispanics with type 2 diabetes correlate with body composition and HbA1c, respectively.

VariablesSpearman correlation value

Correlated with anti-LCSFA IgG
 DXA-total fat (kg) 27−0.4290.025
 DXA-trunk percent fat (%) 27−0.4040.003
Correlated with IL-1β
 HbA1c (%) 270.3830.048

DXA: dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.