Waist circumference as the predominant contributor to the micro-inflammatory response in the metabolic syndrome: a cross sectional study

Table 2 Age adjusted Pearson partial correlations between components of the metabolic syndrome and the inflammatory biomarkers

Men (N = 7,760)	Number of Components	Waist	HDL	TG	Glucose	DBP	SBP
Log(hs-CRP)	0.262^§	0.345^§	-0.197^§	0.191^§	0.082^§	0.131^§	0.083^§
Log(ESR)	0.080^§	0.118^§	-0.092^§	0.082^§	0.015	0.018	-0.005
Fibrinogen	0.102^§	0.170^§	-0.092^§	0.063^§	0.037^§	0.070^§	0.017
WBCC	0.189^§	0.182^§	-0.128^§	0.216^§	0.006	0.108^§	0.099^§
Women (N = 4,312)	Number of Components	Waist	HDL	TG	Glucose	DBP	SBP
Log(hs-CRP)	0.362^§	0.405^§	-0.151^§	0.379^§	0.143^§	0.186^§	0.198^§
Log(ESR)	0.126^§	0.169^§	-0.090^§	0.136^§	0.050^§	0.052^§	0.049^§
Fibrinogen	0.171^§	0.253^§	-0.082^§	0.142^§	0.037^‡	0.106^§	0.091^§
WBCC	0.216^§	0.163^§	-0.128^§	0.258^§	0.043^‡	0.096^§	0.113^§

* Criteria for the metabolic syndrome components are defined in the text.
**Abbreviations: hs-CRP = high sensitivity C-reactive protein; ESR = erythrocyte sedimentation rate; WBCC = white blood cell count; HDL = high density lipoprotein; TG = triglycerides; DBP = diastolic blood pressure, SBP = systolic blood pressure.
***‡ - 0.01 < P < 0.05; § - P < 0.01

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