Peripheral mononuclear blood cells contribute to the obesity-associated inflammatory state independently of glycemic status: involvement of the novel proinflammatory adipokines chemerin, chitinase-3-like protein 1, lipocalin-2 and osteopontin

Table 2 Univariate analysis of the correlations between circulating concentrations of the analyzed inflammatory markers and anthropometric and biochemical variables

	Circulating LCN-2		Circulating YKL-40		Circulating OPN		Circulating chemerin
	r	P	r	P	r	P	r	P
Age	0.33	0.007	0.35	0.006	0.02	0.836	0.47	<0.001
BMI	0.70	<0.001	0.38	0.003	0.11	0.392	0.61	<0.001
Body fat	0.76	<0.001	0.24	0.311	0.10	0.488	0.72	<0.001
Fasting glucose	0.15	0.284	0.03	0.802	0.13	0.375	0.08	0.664
Fasting insulin	0.42	0.002	0.02	0.870	0.07	0.633	0.41	0.016
QUICKI	−0.53	<0.001	−0.09	0.532	−0.01	0.910	−0.57	<0.001
Leptin	0.46	<0.001	0.19	0.201	0.04	0.785	0.50	0.003
CRP	0.56	<0.001	−0.05	0.731	0.20	0.201	0.47	0.009
Fibrinogen	0.53	<0.001	0.08	0.568	0.236	0.119	0.46	0.006
von Willebrand factor	0.33	0.023	0.21	0.173	0.26	0.096	0.58	<0.001
AST	0.06	0.635	0.34	0.017	0.09	0.522	0.17	0.329
ALT	0.28	0.039	0.32	0.025	0.17	0.252	0.33	0.054

Bold values denote statistically significant P values
ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, BMI body mass index, CRP C-reactive protein, QUICKI quantitative insulin sensitivity check index

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