Association of intracellular lipid accumulation in subcutaneous adipocyte precursors and plasma adipokines in bariatric surgery candidates

Table 2 Kendall’s Tau-b correlation coefficient of adipocyte lipid accumulation with anthropometric, metabolic and hormonal parameters

Co-variables	Adipocyte lipid accumulation
Co-variables	r	P-value
Age	0.01	0.95
BMI	−0.22	0.18
Total cholesterol (TC)	−0.04	0.82
LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C)	0.12	0.47
HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C)	0.08	0.65
TC/HDL	0.02	0.92
Triglycerides (TG)^*	−0.42	0.01
Fasting plasma glucose (FPG)	−0.26	0.12
Insulin^*	−0.52	0.001
C-peptide	−0.31	0.06
HOMA-IR^*	−0.49	0.003
Morning cortisol	−0.1	0.53
Leptin	−0.22	0.16
Adiponectin^*	0.32	0.05
Leptin:Adiponectin Ratio^*	−0.36	0.03

r, Kendall’s Tau-b correlation coefficient. ^*Significant correlation (p < 0.05)

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