Increased Serum Levels of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha, Resistin, and Visfatin in the Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Case-Control Study

Table 4

Correlations of TNF-α, resistin, and visfatin serum levels in autistic and healthy children.

Examined significant correlation
Autistic children
Visfatin and TNF-α	0.62	0.01
Resistin and TNF-α	0.80	0.01
Resistin and visfatin	0.66	0.01
TNF-α and age	−0.39	0.03
TNF-α and weight	−0.40	0.02
TNF-α and BMI	−0.24	0.18
Resistin and age	−0.36	0.04
Resistin and weight	−0.34	0.06
Resistin and BMI	−0.22	0.23
Visfatin and age	−0.28	0.1
Visfatin and weight	−0.3	0.1
Visfatin and BMI	−0.2	0.2
Healthy children
Visfatin and TNF-α	0.33	0.06
Resistin and TNF-α	0.40	0.02
Resistin and visfatin	0.58	0.01
TNF-α and age	−0.32	0.08
TNF-α and weight	0.09	0.6
TNF-α and BMI	0.13	0.48
Resistin and age	−0.3	0.25
Resistin and weight	0.08	0.64
Resistin and BMI	0.18	0.33
Visfatin and age	0.36	0.05
Visfatin and weight	0.04	0.82
Visfatin and BMI	0.09	0.63

BMI: body mass index; Spearman’s rank test, .