Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 2 Pearson’s correlation analysis of serum RBP4 in all the subjects

From: Serum retinol binding protein 4 is negatively related to estrogen in Chinese women with obesity: a cross-sectional study

	Total (n = 87)		Non-obese (n = 45)		Obese (n = 42)
	r	P	r	P	r	P
BMI	0.308**	0.004	0.377*	0.011	0.158	0.316
Waist	0.258*	0.025	0.189	0.277	0.097	0.553
Hip	0.188	0.107	0.147	0.400	−0.070	0.666
WHR	0.271*	0.019	0.136	0.436	0.260	0.105
SBP	0.302**	0.005	0.352*	0.019	0.139	0.386
DBP	0.270*	0.013	0.276	0.069	0.198	0.214
TC	0.422**	P <0.001	0.467**	0.001	0.337*	0.029
TG	0.497**	P <0.001	0.315*	0.037	0.619**	P <0.001
HDL	−0.078	0.476	0.061	0.693	−0.129	0.415
LDL	0.295**	0.006	0.388**	0.009	0.115	0.468
LH	0.110	0.317	0.238	0.125	0.025	0.877
FSH	0.148	0.171	0.267	0.076	0.053	0.737
PRL	−0.151	0.166	−0.132	0.398	−0.255	0.103
E2	−0.207	0.113	−0.01	0.962	−0.374*	0.032
PROG	−0.119	0.298	−0.018	0.910	−0.317	0.063
TESTO	0.229*	0.045	0.102	0.541	0.344*	0.032
DHEA	0.210	0.055	0.050	0.747	0.329*	0.038
INSUL	−0.262	0.079	−0.258	0.418	−0.423*	0.013

*P <0.05; **P <0.01
BMI body-mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, WHR waist-to-hip ratio, TC total cholesterol, TG triglycerides, HDL-c high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-c low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LH luteinizing hormone, FSH folliclestimulating hormone, PRL prolactin, E2 estradiol, PROG progesterone, TESTO testosterone, DHEA dehydroepiandrosterone, RBP4 retinol binding protein 4

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