Associations of C1q/TNF-Related Protein-9 Levels in Serum and Epicardial Adipose Tissue with Coronary Atherosclerosis in Humans

Table 3

Correlation of CTRP9 and APN with risk factors of cardiovascular diseases.

	CTRP9		APN		Adjusted APN
		value		value		value
BMI (kg/m^2)	−0.211	0.032	−0.247	0.020	−0.207	0.035
TC (mmol/L)	−0.073	0.500	−0.029	0.791	−0.048	0.486
TG (mmol/L)	−0.085	0.494	−0.013	0.905	−0.056	0.597
HDL-C (mmol/L)	0.240	0.024	0.390	0.018	0.218	0.044
LDL-C (mmol/L)	−0.069	0.525	−0.070	0.375	−0.036	0.655
HOMA-IR	−0.249	0.032	−0.276	0.022	−0.191	0.045
CRP (mg/L)	−0.059	0.613	−0.170	0.146	−0.068	0.581
TNF-α (pg/mL)	−0.484	<0.001	−0.319	<0.001	−0.388	<0.001
IL-6 (pg/mL)	−0.295	<0.001	−0.198	<0.001	−0.228	<0.001
Leptin (pg/mL)	−0.662	<0.001	−0.529	<0.001	−0.803	<0.001
APN (ng/mL)	0.769	<0.001

BMI: body mass index; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; HOMA-IR: homeostasis model of assessment for insulin resistance; CRP: C-reactive protein; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α; IL-6: interleukin-6; APN: adiponectin; CTRP9: C1q/TNF-Related Protein-9.