Multidisciplinary Approach to the Treatment of Obese Adolescents: Effects on Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Inflammatory Profile, and Neuroendocrine Regulation of Energy Balance

Table 5

Correlations analysis.

Variables (Δ values)		𝑅 value	𝑃 value
Fat mass (kg)	Free fat mass (%)	−0.75	0.001
	Adiponectin (µg/L)	−0.72	0.001
	Lep/Adipo ratio	0.67	0.003
	Visceral fat (cm)	−0.57	0.871
Subcutaneous fat (cm)	Fat mass (%)	0.71	0.002
	Free fat mass (%)	−0.71	0.002
Adiponectin (µg/L)	Body mass (kg)	−0.65	0.003
	Visceral fat (cm)	−0.20	0.571
	HOMA-IR	−0.20	0.873
PAI-1 (ng/mL)	Ghrelin (ng/mL)	0.68	0.002
Visceral fat (cm)	HOMA-IR	0.67	0.572
	Fat mass (%)	−0.28	0.421

Lep/Adipo ratio: leptin/adiponectin ratio; PAI-1: plasminogen activator inhibitor-1; HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment insulin index-resistance; statistical significance 𝑃≤0.05.