Serum Chemerin Levels in relation to Osteoporosis and Bone Mineral Density: A Case-Control Study

Table 2

Bivariate correlation analyses between serum chemerin levels with anthropometric and laboratory variables.

	Osteoporosis group				Control group
	Unadjusted		Adjusted		Unadjusted		Adjusted
	value	value	value	value	value	value	value	value
Age	0.395	<0.01	NA	NA	0.250	0.016	NA	NA
BMI	0.391	<0.01	NA	NA	0.249	0.016	NA	NA
TC		0.049		0.263				0.287
TG		0.393		0.094	0.189	0.070	0.053	0.618
HDL-C		0.012		0.201	0.128	0.220	0.129	0.224
LDL-C		<0.01		0.011	0.361	<0.01	0.400	<0.01
AKP		0.643		0.891	0.106	0.314	0.132	0.213
FBG	0.428	<0.01	0.342	<0.01	0.340	<0.01	0.300	<0.01
Insulin	0.459	<0.01	0.440	<0.01	0.085	0.420	0.051	0.633

BMI: body mass index; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; AKP: alkaline phosphatase; FBG: fasting blood glucose; NA: not applicable.
Partial correlation analyses were performed to adjust age and BMI.