CD36 expression and lipid metabolism following an oral glucose challenge in South Asians

Table 3 Correlation between characteristics and fasting metabolic indices against percentage monocyte CD36 expression

Characteristics and fasting metabolic indices	Spearman correlation coefficient (P)
	Mon1	Mon2	Mon3
Body-mass index	-0.438 (0.02)	0.156 (0.43)	0.418 (0.027)
Hip circumference	-0.633 (0.002)	0.419 (0.06)	0.483 (0.027)
Serum NEFA	-0.349 (0.06)	0.151 (0.43)	0.478 (0.009)
Apolipoprotein AI	-0.282 (0.14)	0.475 (0.009)	0.149 (0.44)
Energy from total fat (%)	-0.472 (0.036)	0.399 (0.08)	0.458 (0.04)
Energy from monounsaturated fat (%)	-0.691 (< 0.001)	0.724 (< 0.001)	0.230 (0.33)
Energy from carbohydrates (%)	0.645 (0.002)	-0.496 (0.026)	-0.533 (0.016)

Monocyte subset. Mon1: CD14(+)CD16(-)CCR2(+); Mon2: CD14(+)CD16(+)CCR2(+); Mon3: CD14(low)CD16(+)CCR2(-); NEFA: Non-esterified fatty acids.