Circulating Adiponectin Is Associated with Renal Function Independent of Age and Serum Lipids in West Africans

Table 2

Pearson’s coefficients of correlation (𝑟_𝑝) between eGFR_MDRD or eGFR_CG, adiponectin and other confounders adjusted for gender.

	log10AdipoQ	log10LDL	log10HDL	log10TG	log10GFRMDRD	log10GFRCG	HTN	BMI	SMOKING
log10LDL	0.08
log10HDL	0.20	0.20
log10TG	−0.08	0.40	−0.12
log10GFRMDRD	−0.19	−0.38	−0.19	−0.37
log10GFRCG	−0.35	−0.32	−0.18	−0.30	0.9
HTN	0.15	0.19	0.14	0.21	−0.22	−0.28
BMI	−0.30	0.17	NS	0.21	−0.08	0.26	0.11
SMOKING	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Age	0.29	0.28	0.13	0.28	−0.41	−0.60	0.48	NS	NS

Correlation coefficients are significant at 0.05 levels (2-tailed).NS: not significant.