American Diabetes Association

Table 3—

Spearman correlation coefficients between adipose tissue and adipokine levels in nondiabetic populations with and without correction for insulin resistance

	White women			First Nation women			All women
		Total fat	Trunk fat	Total fat	Trunk fat	Total fat	Trunk fat
Resistin	0.162	0.146	0.203^*^†	0.192^†^‡	0.203^*^†	0.192^†^‡
Adiponectin	−0.366^*^†	−0.406^*^†	−0.423^*^†	−0.483^*^†	−0.423^*^†	−0.483^*^†
Leptin	0.781^*^†	0.743^*^†	0.782^*^†	0.748^*^†	0.782^*^†	0.748^*^†
TNF-α	0.128	0.124	0.139^§	0.137^§	0.139^§	0.137^§
IL-6	0.528^*^†	0.574^*^†	0.513^*^†	0.566^*^†	0.513^*^†	0.566^*^†
CRP	0.514^*^†	0.533^*^†	0.543^*^†	0.548^*^†	0.543^*^†	0.548^*^†
RBP4	0.088	0.112	0.022	0.013	0.022	0.013

	White women			First Nation women			All women
		Total fat	Trunk fat	Total fat	Trunk fat	Total fat	Trunk fat
Resistin	0.162	0.146	0.203^*^†	0.192^†^‡	0.203^*^†	0.192^†^‡
Adiponectin	−0.366^*^†	−0.406^*^†	−0.423^*^†	−0.483^*^†	−0.423^*^†	−0.483^*^†
Leptin	0.781^*^†	0.743^*^†	0.782^*^†	0.748^*^†	0.782^*^†	0.748^*^†
TNF-α	0.128	0.124	0.139^§	0.137^§	0.139^§	0.137^§
IL-6	0.528^*^†	0.574^*^†	0.513^*^†	0.566^*^†	0.513^*^†	0.566^*^†
CRP	0.514^*^†	0.533^*^†	0.543^*^†	0.548^*^†	0.543^*^†	0.548^*^†
RBP4	0.088	0.112	0.022	0.013	0.022	0.013

*

P < 0.005,

‡

P < 0.01,

§

P < 0.05.

†

Significant after controlling for HOMA-IR.