Sex Differences in the Association between Level of Childhood Interleukin-6 and Insulin Resistance in Adolescence

Table 2

Pearson correlations between IL-6 at age 9 yrs and IL-6 and HOMA-IR at age 13 yrs, (1) unadjusted, (2) adjusted for sum of 4 skinfolds (S4SF), (3) VO_2peak (mL/kg), and (4) both S4SF and VO_2peak at age 13 yrs.

Risk factors age 13 yrs	IL-6 age 9 yrs
	Unadjusted	Adjusted for S4SF	Adjusted for VO2peak	Adjusted for S4SF & VO2peak
IL-6
Boys	0.130	0.138	0.136	0.133
Girls	0.360*	0.349*	0.402*	0.388*
HOMA-IR^a
Boys	0.053	0.065	0.044	0.055
Girls	0.223*	0.199*	0.223*	0.211*

* 𝑃 value < 0.04. Significant correlations in bold face.
^a adjusted for HOMA age 9 yrs.