Research Article
Circulating Prokineticin 2 Levels Are Increased in Children with Obesity and Correlated with Insulin Resistance
Table 3
Correlation analysis between prokineticin 2 and biochemical data in all participants.
| Variables | PK2 | PK2 (gender-adjusted) | Multivariate | r | | r | | b | |
| Age | 0.059 | 0.460 | 0.035 | 0.662 | — | — | BMI | 0.357 | <0.001 | 0.357 | <0.001 | 0.366 | <0.001 | BMI z-score | 0.277 | 0.001 | 0.307 | <0.001 | — | — | Fins | 0.389 | <0.001 | 0.311 | <0.001 | — | — | FBG | 0.253 | 0.001 | 0.214 | 0.007 | — | — | HOMA-IR | 0.382 | <0.001 | 0.298 | <0.001 | — | — | TG | 0.008 | 0.923 | 0.001 | 0.992 | — | — | TC | 0.171 | 0.030 | 0.165 | 0.037 | — | — | HDL-C | 0.039 | 0.620 | 0.009 | 0.915 | — | — | LDL-C | 0.233 | 0.003 | 0.209 | 0.008 | — | — | ALT | 0.349 | <0.001 | 0.151 | 0.056 | — | — | AST | 0.020 | 0.804 | 0.069 | 0.383 | — | — | GGT | 0.401 | <0.001 | 0.108 | 0.176 | — | — | IL-6 | −0.100 | 0.208 | −0.040 | 0.613 | — | — | TNF-α | −0.138 | 0.080 | −0.137 | 0.084 | — | — | WBC | 0.090 | 0.258 | 0.115 | 0.148 | — | — | Neutrophils | 0.068 | 0.388 | 0.114 | 0.149 | — | — |
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In the multiple linear stepwise regression analysis, the values included for analysis were BMI, Fins, FBG, LDL-C, ALT, GGT.
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