Table 2 Coefficients of bivariate and partial correlation between salivary and plasma adipocytokine values and various biomarkers of metabolic syndrome, controlling for age, gender (Model 1) and age, gender and BMI (Model 2)
From: Comparison of salivary and plasma adiponectin and leptin in patients with metabolic syndrome
| Â | Plasma adiponectin | Salivary adiponectin | Plasma leptin | Salivary leptin | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Bivariate correlation | Partial correlation | Bivariate correlation | Partial correlation | Bivariate correlation | Partial correlation | Bivariate correlation | Partial correlation | ||||
| Â | Â | Model 1 | Model 2 | Â | Model 1 | Model 2 | Â | Model 1 | Model 2 | Â | Model 1 | Model 2 |
Age | NS | - | - | NS | - | - | NS | - | - | NS | - | - |
Gender | r = .259 p = .004 | - | - | - | - | - | r = .484 p < .001 | - | - | - | - | - |
Body mass index | r = -.315 p < .001 | r = -.197 p = .027 | - | NS | NS | - | r = .557 p = .000 | r = .700 p < .001 | - | NS | NS | - |
Triglyceride | r = -.484 p < .001 | r = -.290 p = .001 | r = -.245 p = .006 | NS | NS | NS | r = .334 p < .001 | r = .316 p < .001 | NS | NS | NS | NS |
High density lipoprotein cholesterol | r = .476 p < .001 | r = .269 p = .002 | r = .242 p = .007 | NS | NS | NS | r = -.308 p < .001 | r = -.310 p < .001 | r = -.263 p = .003 | NS | NS | NS |
Systolic blood pressure | NS | r = -.216 p = .015 | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | r = .251 p = .005 | NS | NS | NS | NS |
Diastolic blood pressure | r = -.333 p < .001 | r = -.318 p < .001 | r = -.267 p = .003 | NS | NS | NS | NS | r = .282 p = .001 | NS | NS | NS | NS |
Fasting plasma glucose | r = -.352 p < .001 | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS | r = .175 p = .048 | NS | NS | NS | NS | NS |
Waist circumference | r = -.332 p < .001 | r = -.328 p < .001 | r = -.291 p = .001 | NS | NS | NS | r = .494 p < .001 | r = .671 p < .001 | r = .257 p = .004 | NS | NS | NS |