Adhesion Molecules in Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome - Adhesion Molecules - page 205

Table 1 Partial correlation coefficients of associations between cellular adhesion molecules and risk factors for metabolic syndrome and
cardiovascular disease

Waist-hip Body mass Serum HDL- Systolic blood Diastolic blood Serum fasting Serum fasting

ratio index triglycerides # cholesterol pressure pressure glucose insulin #

sE-selectin# 0.21*** 0.19*** 0.18*** -0.09* 0.17*** 0.19*** 0.10* 0.20***
sP-selectin# 0.01 -0.03 0.17*** -0.12** 0.08* 0.03 0.10* 0.07
sICAM-1# 0.09* -0.02 0.20*** -0.14*** 0.04 -0.002 0.04 0.05
sVCAM-1# 0.08* 0.04 0.08* -0.17*** 0.03 -0.01 0.01 0.02
Results from a total group of 664 men and women (261 whites, 215 South Asians and 188 Africans) from the Wandsworth Heart and Stroke Study: Adjusted for age, sex, smoking and
ethnicity. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. #Analysis performed on Log e transformed data. Adapted from Miller and Capuccio (2006), with permission.