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Table 3 Correlation of vaspin and omentin levels with circulating adipo/cytokine levels

From: New adipokines vaspin and omentin. Circulating levels and gene expression in adipose tissue from morbidly obese women

Circulating levels

VASPIN

OMENTIN

Variables

r

p-value

r

p-value

HMW adiponectin (μg/L)

0.178

0.173

0.078

0.557

Adiponectin (μg/L)

0.145

0.250

0.103

0.431

Resistin (μg/L)

-0.178

0.157

-0.150

0.236

LCN2 (μg/L)

-0.336

0.016

0.088

0.559

IL6 (ng/L)

-0.290

0.029

0.033

0.812

RBP4 (mg/dL)

0.015

0.915

0.013

0.931

TNFRI (μg/L)

-0.241

0.057

0.004

0.976

TNFRII (μg/L)

-0.051

0.689

0.036

0.787

Leptin (μg/L)

-0.290

0.041

0.195

0.199

  1. HMW adiponectin: high molecular weight adiponectin, LCN2: lipocalin 2, IL6: interleukin 6, RBP4: retinol binding protein 4, TNFRI: tumor necrosis factor receptor I, TNFRII: tumor necrosis factor receptor II. Bolded p-values indicate statistically significant correlations (p < 0.05).