Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 5 Correlation of circulating levels of IL6 to age and anthropometric measures in subjects with overweight and different grades of obesity

From: Circulating level of interleukin-6 in relation to body mass indices and lipid profile in Egyptian adults with overweight and obesity

		IL6
	Grades of obesity	r	P value
Age	Overweight	0.193	0.492
	I obese	0.047	0.867
	II obese	0.418	0.121
	III obese	0.080	0.777
Height	Overweight	0.407	0.132
	I obese	0.237	0.396
	II obese	0.376	0.168
	III obese	0.355	0.194
Weight	Overweight	0.349	0.202
	I obese	0.318	0.248
	II obese	0.233	0.403
	III obese	0.174	0.535
BMI	Overweight	0.038	0.893
	I obese	0.343	0.211
	II obese	0.197	0.482
	III obese	0.550	0.034

P value > 0.05, non-significant; P value < 0.05, significant; P value < 0.01, highly significant
BMI body mass index, r Pearson correlation coefficient

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