Table 4 Multiple regression with waist, insulin, p-TNF-α and p-IL-6 variables from baseline and changes of p-TNF- α, IL-6 and insulin during 5 years as independent variables and waist circumference change during 5 years as dependent variable.

Intercept

-0.93

5.63

0.87

-0.93

P-TNF-α difference

-0.59

0.24

0.016

-0.43

P-IL-6 difference

1.14

0.41

0.007

0.60

P-insulin difference

0.02

0.01

0.025

0.26

Waist baseline

-0.05

0.05

0.15

0.18

P-insulin baseline

0.02

0.02

0.021

0.29

P-TNF-α baseline

-0.16

0.16

0.316

-0.18

P-IL-6 baseline

0.71

0.45

0.117

0.34