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Table 5 Associations between acute phase reactants and hepatic markers and white blood cell (WBC) count

From: Preliminary evidence for obesity-associated insulin resistance in adolescents without elevations of inflammatory cytokines

 

Correlation Coefficient with CRP

p-value

Correlation Coefficient with Fibrinogen

p-value

ALT

0.535

0.000**

0.464

0.001**

Total Protein

−0.264

0.042*

−0.066

0.654

Albumin

−0.377

0.003**

−0.250

0.087

WBC

0.447

0.000**

0.461

0.001**

  1. *denotes a p-value of <0.05; **denotes a p-value of ≤0.010.
  2. Alanine aminotrasferase (ALT); white blood cell (WBC).