Resistin, Visfatin, Adiponectin, and Leptin: Risk of Breast Cancer in Pre- and Postmenopausal Saudi Females and Their Possible Diagnostic and Predictive Implications as Novel Biomarkers
Table 4
Correlation of adipokines with TNM stages, tumor size, LN metastasis, and histological grading among postmenopausal and premenopausal BC.
Variables
Leptin
Adipo.
Resistin
Visfatin
TNM
T. size
LN
Postmenopausal BC
Leptin
1
Adipo.
-.566-**
1
Resistin
-.435-**
-.326-**
1
Visfatin
.627**
-.597-**
.330*
1
TNM
.338*
-.264-*
.395*
.406**
1
T. size
.241*
-.725-**
.429**
.348*
.777**
1
LN
.820**
-.742-**
.575**
.529**
.623**
.633**
1
Grade
.762**
-.682-**
.509**
.132
.475**
.780**
.413**
Premenopausal BC
Leptin
1
Adipo.
.283
1
Resistin
-.143-
-.017-
1
Visfatin
.060
-.006-
.160
1
TNM
.204
-.074-
.064
.286
1
T. size
.062
-.164-
-.081-
.292
.783**
1
LN
.247
-.152-
.010
.177
.626**
.580**
1
Grade
.083
-.052-
-.039-
.277
.551**
.649**
.341*
Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level; *correlation is significant at the 0.05 level.
