Weight Change and Its Association with Cardiometabolic Risk Markers in Overweight and Obese Women

Table 2

Correlations between changes in cardiometabolic risk markers and per cent weight change over 12 months.

	n	weight (in percentage)
		Control		Intervention
		Unadjusted	Adjusted^b	Unadjusted	Adjusted^b
WC, cm	243	0.341	0.278	0.370	0.366
FPG, mmol/L	243	−0.033	−0.076	0.144	0.228
Fasting insulin, μU/L^a	221	0.254	0.218	0.301	0.280
HOMA-IR^a	212	0.174	0.225	0.233	0.270
Triglycerides, mmol/L	243	0.112	0.083	0.092	0.144
TC, mmol/L	243	0.033	0.021	−0.004	0.040
HDL-C, mmol/L	243	0.173	0.131	−0.011	−0.038
LDL-C, mmol/L	243	0.093	0.066	−0.060	−0.021
Adiponectin^,μg/mL^a	149	0.103	0.056	0.107	0.145
Hs-CRP^, mg/L^a	149	0.313	0.134	−0.087	−0.101
TNF-α, pg/mL	149	−0.010	−0.029	−0.096	0.014

Note. Data were presented as correlation coefficient (r). indicates a change in the variables between baseline to 12 months.^adata were log-transformed prior analysis. ^bSpearman’s partial correlation was adjusted for age and baseline weight. Values in bold indicate statistical significance at , , .