Research Article

Influence of Weight Loss, Body Composition, and Lifestyle Behaviors on Plasma Adipokines: A Randomized Weight Loss Trial in Older Men and Women with Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis

Table 6

Spearman correlations by gender for percent change from baseline to 6 months in adipokines and body fat and step counts.

% Body fat% Trunk fat% Step counts
MenWomenMenWomenMenWomen

% Leptin 0.064 (0.784)0.590 (0.001)*−0.048 (0.836)0.540 (0.004)*−0.344 (0.137)−0.216 (0.348)
% sLR0.345 (0.107)0.083 (0.681)0.258 (0.246)0.148 (0.462)0.273 (0.219)0.074 (0.750)
% Adiponectin0.018 (0.936)−0.229 (0.251)−0.239 (0.284)−0.217 (0.278)0.330 (0.133)0.281 (0.218)
% Free leptin index−0.110 (0.618)0.431 (0.025)*−0.139 (0.536)0.386 (0.047)*−0.425 (0.049)*−0.231 (0.313)
% Leptin : adiponectin−0.120 (0.587)0.430 (0.025)*0.022 (0.923)0.422 (0.028)*−0.530 (0.011)*−0.200 (0.385)