Research Article
The Important Role of Phosphatidylserine, ADAM17, TNF-Alpha, and Soluble MER on Efferocytosis Activity in Central Obesity
Table 5
Correlation between each parameter in the study group.
| Variables | WC (cm) | hs-CRP (mg/L) | PS (ng/mL) | ADAM17 (pg/mL) | TNF-α (pg/mL) | sMER (pg/mL) |
| WC (cm) | r | — | 0.500 | 0.354 | 0.554 | 0.141 | 0.246 | | — | <0.001 | 0.001 | <0.001 | 0.205 | 0.025 |
| hs-CRP (mg/L) | r | 0.500 | — | 0.201 | 0.297 | 0.025 | 0.104 | | <0.001 | — | 0.069 | 0.007 | 0.820 | 0.351 |
| PS (ng/mL) | r | 0.354 | 0.201 | — | 0.303 | 0.548 | 0.332 | | 0.001 | 0.069 | — | 0.006 | <0.001 | 0.002 |
| ADAM17 (pg/mL) | r | 0.554 | 0.297 | 0.303 | — | 0.300 | 0.230 | | <0.001 | 0.007 | 0.006 | — | 0.006 | 0.038 |
| TNF-α (pg/mL) | r | 0.141 | 0.025 | 0.548 | 0.300 | — | 0.473 | | 0.205 | 0.820 | <0.001 | 0.006 | — | <0.001 |
| sMER (pg/mL) | r | 0.246 | 0.104 | 0.332 | 0.230 | 0.473 | — | | 0.025 | 0.351 | 0.002 | 0.038 | <0.001 | — |
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Significant in the 95% confidence interval using the Spearman correlation test. |