The Important Role of Phosphatidylserine, ADAM17, TNF-Alpha, and Soluble MER on Efferocytosis Activity in Central Obesity

Table 5

Correlation between each parameter in the study group.

Variables		WC (cm)	hs-CRP (mg/L)	PS (ng/mL)	ADAM17 (pg/mL)	TNF-α (pg/mL)	sMER (pg/mL)
WC (cm)	r	—	0.500	0.354	0.554	0.141	0.246
		—	<0.001	0.001	<0.001	0.205	0.025
hs-CRP (mg/L)	r	0.500	—	0.201	0.297	0.025	0.104
		<0.001	—	0.069	0.007	0.820	0.351
PS (ng/mL)	r	0.354	0.201	—	0.303	0.548	0.332
		0.001	0.069	—	0.006	<0.001	0.002
ADAM17 (pg/mL)	r	0.554	0.297	0.303	—	0.300	0.230
		<0.001	0.007	0.006	—	0.006	0.038
TNF-α (pg/mL)	r	0.141	0.025	0.548	0.300	—	0.473
		0.205	0.820	<0.001	0.006	—	<0.001
sMER (pg/mL)	r	0.246	0.104	0.332	0.230	0.473	—
		0.025	0.351	0.002	0.038	<0.001	—

Significant in the 95% confidence interval using the Spearman correlation test.