High Serum Asprosin Levels Are Associated with Presence of Metabolic Syndrome

Table 2

Correlation of serum l g (asprosin) levels with clinical variables in all subjects.

Variables	Simple		Multiple
	r	value	β ± SE	value
Age	0.003	0.961
BMI	0.206	<0.001
Waist circumference^#	0.171	0.003
Fat (%)	0.113	0.053
SBP	0.102	0.082
DBP	0.111	0.058
TC^a	−0.022	0.710
TG^a	0.251	<0.001	0.033 ± 0.010	0.001
HDL cholesterol	−0.194	0.001
LDL cholesterol	0.012	0.842
FPG^a	0.302	<0.001
2h-PG^a#	0.366	<0.001
FIns^a	0.314	<0.001
HOMA-IR^a	0.316	<0.001	0.028 ± 0.006	<0.001
IL-6	0.183	0.002
CMP-1	0.175	0.005

^aLog-transformed before analysis. ^#WC did not enter the multivariate regression due to its high intercorrelation with BMI (r = 0.746). 2-hour blood glucose did not enter the multivariate regression due to its high intercorrelation with fasting blood glucose (r = 0.931). In multiple linear regression analysis, values included for analysis were age, gender, BMI, TG, HDL-C, FPG, FIns, HOMA-IR, IL-6, and MCP-1. BMI, body mass index; Fat, percentage of body fat; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride, LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; 2h-PG, 2-hour plasma glucose; FIns, fasting insulin; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; IL-6, interleukin-6; MCP-1, monocyte chemotactic protein-1.