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Table 6 Correlation of circulating levels of IL6 to age serum lipids 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

TG

Overweight

0.301

0.276

I obese

0.384

0.159

II obese

0.302

0.275

III obese

0.020

0.943

LDL-C

Overweight

0.315

0.252

I obese

0.020

0.943

II obese

0.077

0.784

III obese

0.211

0.450

HDL-C

Overweight

− 0.142

0.614

I obese

− 0.056

0.842

II obese

− 0.506

0.050

III obese

− 0.447

0.095

Serum cholesterol

Overweight

0.602

0.089

I obese

0.002

0.995

II obese

0.273

0.327

III obese

0.045

0.872

  1. P value > 0.05, non-significant; P value < 0.05, significant; P value < 0.01, highly significant
  2. TG triglycerides, LDL-C low-density lipoproteins-cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoproteins-cholesterol, r Pearson correlation coefficient
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