Circulating CTRP1 Levels in Type 2 Diabetes and Their Association with FGF21

Table 7

Kendall’s tau-b correlation between circulating levels of CTRP1 and other cytokines under normal conditions.

	FGF21	RBP4	IL-6	MCP1	TNF-α	Visfatin	AFABP
Correlation coefficient	0.199			0.051			0.037
value	0.017	0.755	0.478	0.539	0.744	0.896	0.660

FGF21, fibroblast growth factor 21; RBP4, retinol-binding protein 4; IL-6, interleukin-6; MCP1, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; AFABP, adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein.