Circulating T Cells Exhibit Different TIM3/Galectin-9 Expression in Patients with Obesity and Obesity-Related Diabetes

Table 3

Correlation between TIM3, galectin-9, and clinical indicators in obesity comorbid T2DM patients.

	CD3^+TIM3^+		CD4^+TIM3^+		CD8^+TIM3^+		Galectin-9
Weight	0.2410	0.2459	0.2298	0.2692	0.2161	0.2995	0.5275	0.0067
BMI	-0.0462	0.8265	-0.1212	0.5639	-0.0796	0.7052	0.5620	0.0035
Waistline	-0.2942	0.1534	-0.2457	0.2366	-0.3769	0.0633	0.3189	0.1203
Hipline	0.0380	0.8569	-0.0976	0.6425	-0.0320	0.8792	0.5322	0.0062
FBG	0.2414	0.2559	0.2427	0.2531	0.1766	0.4092	-0.1227	0.5678
HbA1c	-0.0222	0.9180	-0.0166	0.9388	0.0473	0.8261	0.0026	0.9903
TC	0.1327	0.5366	0.2291	0.2816	0.2756	0.1925	-0.1014	0.6373
TG	0.0896	0.6772	0.2727	0.1973	0.1018	0.6361	-0.1044	0.6272
HDL	-0.2336	0.2719	-0.2343	0.2704	-0.1712	0.4237	-0.3644	0.0800
LDL	0.2766	0.1907	0.1471	0.4929	0.3385	0.1056	0.0527	0.8069
CRP	-0.2100	0.3246	-0.0009	0.9968	-0.1265	0.5557	0.5170	0.0097
Creatinine	0.00057	0.9791	0.0948	0.6594	-0.1410	0.5111	-0.1382	0.5197
UA	0.0074	0.9727	0.1857	0.3849	-0.1658	0.4388	0.4021	0.0514
White blood cell count	-0.0670	0.7505	0.0389	0.8537	0.0121	0.9541	0.1863	0.3725
Lymphocyte count	0.0333	0.8745	0.2482	0.2315	-0.0015	0.9942	0.1371	0.5136
INS (0 h)	0.1270	0.5451	0.3480	0.0883	0.0716	0.7338	0.5961	0.0017
INS (0.5 h)	-0.1705	0.4153	-0.0200	0.9244	-0.2793	0.1764	0.2987	0.1470
INS (1 h)	-0.0535	0.7995	0.0820	0.6969	-0.2157	0.3005	0.2753	0.1829
INS (2 h)	-0.1216	0.5626	0.0377	0.8580	-0.3101	0.1315	0.3687	0.0697
INS (3 h)	-0.1170	0.5777	0.1270	0.5453	-0.2516	0.2251	0.3888	0.0548
CP (0 h)	-0.0295	0.8888	0.1268	0.5459	-0.1347	0.5210	0.6095	0.0012
CP (0.5 h)	-0.1447	0.4900	0.0559	0.7907	-0.2197	0.2914	0.4839	0.0142
CP (1 h)	0.0173	0.9345	0.1773	0.3966	-0.1295	0.5372	0.4676	0.0184
CP (2 h)	-0.1521	0.4680	0.0400	0.8493	-0.3143	0.1260	0.4321	0.0310
CP (3 h)	-0.1443	0.4912	0.0520	0.8052	-0.2653	0.1999	0.5044	0.0101
GC (0 h)	0.1991	0.3401	0.0932	0.6577	0.2246	0.2803	0.0231	0.9127
GC (2 h)	0.2070	0.3319	0.1775	0.4065	0.2006	0.3473	0.0679	0.7525

Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; FBG: fasting blood glucose; CRP: C-reactive protein; TC: serum total cholesterol; TG: serum triglyceride; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; UA: uric acid; INS: serum insulin; CP: C protein; GC: glucagon.