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Table 2 Correlation between pair of studied adipokines

From: Adipose tissue-derived cytokines and their correlations with clinical characteristics in Vietnamese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Adipokines Leptin (ng/ml) Resistin (ng/ml) Visfatin (ng/ml) MCP-1 (pg/ml) SFRP5 (ng/ml) RBP4 (ng/ml)
ρ (rho) P value ρ (rho) P value ρ (rho) P value ρ (rho) P value ρ (rho) P value ρ (rho) P value
Leptin (ng/ml)    0.18 0.009 − 0.004 0.96 0.09 0.15 0.17 0.037 − 0.03 0.63
Resistin (ng/ml) 0.18 0.009    − 0.02 0.77 0.22 0.001 0.17 0.038 − 0.22 0.001
Visfatin (ng/ml) − 0.004 0.96 − 0.02 0.77    0.29 < 0.0001 0.24 0.015 − 0.12 0.18
MCP-1 (pg/ml) 0.09 0.15 0.22 0.001 0.29 < 0.0001    0.18 0.025 − 0.22 0.001
SFRP5 (ng/ml) 0.17 0.037 0.17 0.038 0.24 0.015 0.18 0.025    0.05 0.56
RBP4 (ng/ml) − 0.03 0.63 − 0.22 0.001 − 0.12 0.18 − 0.22 0.001 0.05 0.56   
  1. The correlations between pair of studied adipokines were calculated by using the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. Spearman’s rho (ρ) and P values are presented
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Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome

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