Higher Physical Activity Level Improves Leptin Concentrations in Spinal Cord Injury Subjects

Table 2

Pearson’s correlation coefficients in control (irregularly active subjects without spinal cord injury), SCI-IA (irregularly active SCI subjects), and SCI-PA (physically active SCI subjects).

	Adiponectin (ng/mL)	Leptin (ng/mL)	Resistin (μg/mL)	TEE (kcal/day)	BMR (kcal/day)	VO2max (mL/kg/min)	VO2max (mL/min)	HRmax (bpm)	WC (cm)	%Fat	BMI (kg/m^2)	GSLTPAQ (au)
Adiponectin (ng/mL)	1	0.4	-0.1	-0.3	-0.1	-0.5	-0.3	-0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	-0.6^†
Leptin (ng/mL)	0.4	1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.2	-0.8^†	-0.6^†	-0.7^†	0.9^†	0.9^†	0.8^†	-0.7^†
Resistin (μg/mL)	-0.1	-0.1	1	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.2
TEE (kcal/day)	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2	1	0.9^†	0.5	0.6^†	0.4	-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.3
BMR (kcal/day)	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	0.9^†	1	0.4	0.5	0.3	-0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.2
VO2max (mL/kg/min)	-0.5	-0.8^†	0.0	0.5	0.4	1	0.9^†	0.7^†	-0.8^†	-0.8^†	-0.6^†	0.7^†
VO2max (mL/min)	-0.3	-0.6^†	0.1	0.6^†	0.5	0.9^†	1	0.6^†	-0.7^†	-0.7^†	-0.4	0.5
HRmax (bpm)	-0.3	-0.7^†	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.7^†	0.6^†	1	-0.9^†	-0.8^†	-0.8^†	0.7^†
WC (cm)	0.4	0.9^†	0.0	-0.3	-0.2	-0.8^†	-0.7^†	-0.9^†	1	0.9^†	0.9^†	-0.7^†
%Fat	0.4	0.9^†	-0.1	-0.4	-0.3	-0.8^†	-0.7^†	-0.8^†	0.9^†	1	0.7^†	-0.7^†
BMI (kg/m^2)	0.4	0.8^†	0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.6^†	-0.4	-0.8^†	0.9^†	0.7^†	1	-0.7^†
GSLTPAQ (au)	-0.6^†	-0.7^†	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.7^†	0.5	0.7^†	-0.7^†	-0.7^†	-0.7^†	1

BMI: body mass index; VO_2max: maximum oxygen uptake; HR_max: maximum heart rate; TEE: total energy expenditure in 24 hours; BMR: basal metabolic rate; %Fat: percentage of fat; WC: waist circumference. Significant correlation coefficients (). ^†Significant correlation coefficients ().