Relationship of Circulating Fetuin-A Levels with Body Size and Metabolic Phenotypes

Table 2

Spearman correlation analysis between fetuin-A concentrations and various cardiometabolic risk parameters (age, sex-adjusted).

	Total		Nonobesity		Obesity
	BMI (kg/m^2)	0.217	<0.001	0.101	0.194	0.062	0.504
Waist circumference (cm)	0.272	<0.001	0.199	0.010	0.141	0.124
Current smoker (%)	−0.006	0.913	0.026	0.743	−0.021	0.820
Alcohol (%)	−0.093	0.116	−0.079	0.314	−0.121	0.187
SBP (mmHg)	0.132	0.025	0.110	0.157	0.026	0.780
DBP (mmHg)	0.149	0.012	0.153	0.049	0.058	0.526
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	0.002	0.967	−0.077	0.325	0.112	0.224
WBC (10^3/μL)	0.158	0.007	0.141	0.070	0.096	0.298
Platelet count (10^3/μL)	0.108	0.068	0.206	0.008	−0.043	0.64
BUN (mg/dL)	0.006	0.920	−0.019	0.812	0.005	0.958
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.104	0.078	0.169	0.030	−0.041	0.653
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m^2)	−0.087	0.143	−0.152	0.051	0.061	0.510
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	−0.153	0.009	−0.209	0.007	−0.071	0.443
Albumin (g/dL)	0.098	0.096	0.087	0.264	0.062	0.501
AST (IU/L)	0.099	0.096	−0.019	0.811	0.188	0.040
ALT (IU/L)	0.182	0.002	0.071	0.364	0.229	0.012
hsCRP (mg/L)	0.054	0.361	0.067	0.390	−0.083	0.370
Glucose (mg/dL)	0.189	0.001	0.132	0.091	0.202	0.027
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.043	0.467	−0.015	0.848	−0.121	0.188
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	−0.196	0.001	−0.165	0.034	−0.141	0.124
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	0.322	<0.001	0.361	<0.001	0.156	0.089
Mean baPWV (m/sec)	0.062	0.294	0.113	0.148	−0.039	0.676
Mean CIMT (mm)	0.066	0.269	0.051	0.514	0.053	0.566

BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; WBC: white blood cell count; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; eGFR: estimate glomerular filtration rate; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; hsCRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; baPWV: brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity; CIMT: carotid intima-media thickness.