Insulin Sensitivity, Serum Lipids, and Systemic Inflammatory Markers in School-Aged Obese and Nonobese Children

Table 3

Correlation coefficients between BMI and BMI 𝑧 score and plasma levels of several inflammatory markers in children.

	BMI	BMI 𝑧 score	HOMA	LDL/HDL ratio
	𝑟-value	𝑟-value	𝑟-value	𝑟-value
MRP 8/14 (ug/mL); (𝑛=249)	0.354∗	0.375∗	0.332∗	0.227∗
Apo B (mg/dL); (𝑛=116)	0.143	0.160	0.02	0.10
MCP (pg/mL) (𝑛=143)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.12
RBP4 (ng/mL) (𝑛=160)	0.213∗	0.317∗	0.376∗	0.09
IL-20 (pg/mL) (𝑛=111)	−0.054	−0.036	0.01	0.03
IL-6 (pg/mL) (𝑛=266)	0.161∗	0.177∗	0.132∗	0.134∗
MIF (pg/mL) (𝑛=108)	0.043	0.02	0.110∗	0.176∗
hsCRP (mg/dL) (𝑛=704)	0.472∗	0.367∗	0.276∗	0.365∗
TNF-α (pg/mL) (𝑛=348)	0.298∗	0.336∗	0.187∗	0.215∗
P selectin (ng/mL) (𝑛=146)	0.310∗	0.376∗	0.087	0.387∗
ICAM-1 (ng/mL) (𝑛=146)	0.254∗	0.276∗	0.104	0.413∗

In parenthesis in the number of observations for which data were available,
^∗𝑃<.05. Statistical significance determined using Spearman’s correlational analysis.