Effect of Weight Loss on Serum Osteocalcin and Its Association with Serum Adipokines

Figure 1

The correlation of serum undercarboxylated osteocalcin (uOC) with serum triglycerides (TG) and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BAP). Serum TG did not correlate with uOC at baseline ( = −0.12, ) (a) but showed a negative correlation with uOC after weight loss ( = −0.29, ) (b). BAP was positively correlated with uOC at baseline (, ) (c) and after weight loss (, ) (d). The changes in serum uOC levels were negatively correlated with changes in serum TG ( = −0.51, ) (e) and positively correlated with changes in BAP (, ) (f).

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