Research Article
Inverse Relationship of the CMKLR1 Relative Expression and Chemerin Serum Levels in Obesity with Dysmetabolic Phenotype and Insulin Resistance
Table 2
Correlation of chemerin and insulin serum levels with the dysmetabolic phenotype and body fat adiposity markers status in the study groups.
| Measurements | Chemerin (ng/mL) | Insulin (UI/mL) | Correlation (%) |
| Body weight (kg) | −2.8 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 15.3 | | Body fat mass (%) | | | Total body fat mass (kg) | | | Waist circumference (cm) | | | Hip circumference (cm) | | | Waist-hip ratio | 5.8 | | Body fat ratio | | | Waist to height ratio | | | Conicity index | | | Coronal abdominal diameter (cm) | 8.4 | | Sagittal abdominal diameter (cm) | 15.7 | | Total adipose area (cm2) | | | Visceral area (cm2) | | | Subcutaneous abdominal area (cm2) | 17.6 | | Glucose (mg/dL) | −6.3 | | Skinfold thickness (mm): | | | Abdominal | −10.3 | | Bicipital | | | Tricipital | | | Subscapular | 11.1 | | Suprailiac | | | Triglycerides (mg/dL) | | | LDLc (mg/dL) | 13.0 | | VLDLc (mg/dL) | | | HDLc (mg/dL) | | 10.1 | NEFA (mmol/L) | | 9.0 | CRP (mg/L) | 14.1 | | ESR (mm/h) | | 1.8 |
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IR: insulin resistance. HDLc, LDLc, and VLDLc (lipoproteins of high, low, and very low density cholesterol, resp.); NEFA: nonesterified fatty acids; CRP: C reactive protein; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate. < 0.001, P < 0.05, Pearson correlation test.
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