Adipokines, cytokines and body fat stores in hepatitis C virus liver steatosis

Table 4 Correlations between body composition parameters and adipokines, proinflammatory cytokines and insulin resistance

	Leptin	Adipo-nectin	Insulin	HOMA	TNF-α	IL-6	Resistin
Trunk fat	ρ = 0.61, P < 0.001		ρ = 0.56, P < 0.001	ρ = 0.55, P < 0.001
Left leg fat	ρ = 0.70, P < 0.001		ρ = 0.44, P = 0.005	ρ = 0.44, P = 0.005
Right leg fat	ρ = 0.62, P < 0.001		ρ = 0.42, P = 0.006	ρ = 0.42, P = 0.006
Right arm fat	ρ = 0.40, P = 0.011		ρ = 0.58 P < 0.001	ρ = 0.57 P < 0.001
Left arm fat	ρ = 0.51, P < 0.001		ρ = 0.62, P < 0.001	ρ = 0.63, P < 0.001
Total fat	ρ = 0.64, P < 0.001		ρ = 0.54, P < 0.001	ρ = 0.53, P < 0.001
Total lean		ρ = -0.35, P = 0.032			ρ = -0.31, P = 0.029
Left arm lean		ρ = -0.37, P = 0.02			ρ = -0.33, P = 0.021
Right arm lean		ρ = -0.37, P = 0.02			ρ = -0.29, P = 0.04
Left leg lean
Trunk lean		ρ = -0.34, P = 0.021			ρ = -0.33, P = 0.021	ρ = -0.34, P = 0.018
Right leg lean					ρ = -0.29, P = 0.039
Total fat/total lean	ρ = 0.65, P < 0.001		ρ = -0.49, P = 0.001	ρ = 0.49, P = 0.001
Trunk fat/trunk lean	ρ = 0.63, P < 0.001		ρ = -0.31, P = 0.036	ρ = 0.52, P < 0.001		ρ = 0.31, P = 0.036
Right arm fat/right arm lean	ρ = 0.60, P < 0.001		ρ = 0.55, P < 0.001	ρ = 0.53, P < 0.001
Left arm fat/left arm lean	ρ = 0.69, P < 0.001		ρ = 0.58, P = 0.001	ρ = 0.57, P < 0.001
Right leg fat/right leg lean	ρ = 0.66, P < 0.001		ρ = 0.38, P = 0.016	ρ = 0.39, P = 0.014
Left leg fat/left leg lean	ρ = 0.69, P < 0.001		ρ = 0.58, P < 0.001	ρ = 0.57, P < 0.001
High density lipoprotein cholesterol		ρ = 0.56, P < 0.001					ρ = -0.41, P = 0.012
Low density lipoprotein cholesterol	ρ = 0.31, P = 0.046

Only the significant relationships are provided (Spearman’s ρ test). TNF-α: Tumor necrosis factor α; IL-6: Interleukin-6.