Plasma Adiponectin and Its Correlation with Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Obesity and in Type 2 Diabetes and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Table 3

Correlation of CIMT and adiponectin with other parameters in patients with nonalcoholic liver disease.

Variable	CIMT		Plasma adiponectin
	r	value	r	value
Plasma adiponectin (µg/dL)	−0.458	<0.001
Age (years)	0.132	0.062	−0.172	0.015
Diabetes duration (years)	0.306	0.002	−0.095	0.346
BMI (kg/m^2)	0.351	<0.001	−0.297	<0.001
FBS (mg/dL)	0.592	<0.001	−0.546	<0.001
PPBG (mg/dL)	0.501	<0.001	−0.469	<0.001
HbA1c %	0.633	<0.001	−0.584	<0.001
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.071	0.317	−0.01	0.893
Urine ACR	0.571	<0.001	−0.576	<0.001
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.364	<0.001	−0.208	0.003
TG (mg/dL)	0.288	<0.001	−0.147	0.038
LDL (mg/dL)	0.274	<0.001	−0.158	0.025
HDL (mg/dL)	−0.027	0.706	−0.034	0.628

CIMT, carotid intima-media thickness; BMI, body mass index; FBG, fasting blood glucose, PPBG, postprandial blood glucose; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin, Urine ACR, urinary albumin creatinine ratio; TG, triglycerides; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; r, spearman correlation coefficient; is statistically significant.