Circulating Levels of Interleukin-1 Family Cytokines in Overweight Adolescents

Table 2

Correlation of IL-1$\mathit{\alpha }$, IL-1ra, and IL-18 to anthropometrical measurements of obesity, patient characteristics, and different lab values. Indicated is the Pearson correlation coefficient (R²).

	IL-1$\alpha$	IL-1ra	IL-18
Body Weight	0.217${}^{\text{ns}}$	0.366**	0.346**
BMI	0.200${}^{\text{ns}}$	0.287*	0.355**
BMI-SDS	0.198${}^{\text{ns}}$	0.284*	0.349**
Waist circumference	0.221${}^{\text{ns}}$	0.346**	0.366**
Systolic blood pressure	−0.110${}^{\text{ns}}$	−0.065${}^{\text{ns}}$	−0.302${}^{\text{ns}}$
Triglycerides	0.331**	0.242**	0.225${}^{\text{ns}}$
Total cholesterol	0.332**	0.166	0.055
LDL cholesterol	0.333**	0.120${}^{\text{ns}}$	0.202${}^{\text{ns}}$
HDL cholesterol	−0.152${}^{\text{ns}}$	−0.194${}^{\text{ns}}$	−0.239*
CRP	0.298*	0.208${}^{\text{ns}}$	0.277*

ns:not significant
*:significant at 0.05 level
**:significant at 0.01 level