Table 6.

Correlation between cytokines, anthropometrical data, and laboratory tests in Takayasu arteritis (TA) patients with and without metabolic syndrome (MetS) according to International Diabetes Federation/American Heart Association criteria.

	IL-12				IL-1a				IL-6				TNF-α
	TA Patients with MetS		TA Patients without MetS		TA Patients with MetS		TA Patients without MetS		TA Patients with MetS		TA Patients without MetS		TA Patients with MetS		TA Patients without MetS
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Age	0.01	0.982	0.07	0.702	−0.08	0.799	−0.14	0.477	0.14	0.660	−0.16	0.407	0.25	0.418	0.12	0.516
BMI	0.01	0.995	−0.14	0.487	0.03	0.920	−0.27	0.176	−0.49	0.104	−0.25	0.203	−0.43	0.160	−0.16	0.408
WC	−0.29	0.355	−0.19	0.367	0.38	0.219	−0.06	0.747	−0.4	0.190	−0.29	0.146	−0.51	0.090	−0.03	0.883
SBP	−0.01	0.993	0.32	0.186	−0.04	0.914	0.36	0.133	0.03	0.928	−0.09	0.716	0.15	0.713	0.47	0.040
DBP	−0.54	0.160	0.06	0.796	−0.36	0.378	0.01	0.981	0.01	0.979	−0.13	0.586	0.07	0.865	0.01	0.985
TC	−0.22	0.490	0.05	0.800	−0.01	0.963	−0.31	0.110	−0.12	0.697	−0.24	0.220	0.30	0.337	−0.05	0.771
HDL	−0.24	0.445	0.05	0.771	−0.01	0.972	−0.01	0.939	−0.02	0.943	−0.06	0.738	0.26	0.399	−0.25	0.206
LDL	−0.27	0.394	0.07	0.746	−0.03	0.935	−0.30	0.136	−0.22	0.498	−0.18	0.379	−0.43	0.159	0.09	0.678
TG	0.29	0.350	−0.15	0.451	−0.01	0.964	−0.16	0.426	0.14	0.656	−0.22	0.275	0.13	0.665	−0.14	0.490
Glucose	−0.18	0.570	0.05	0.793	−0.21	0.500	−0.34	0.080	−0.23	0.461	−0.21	0.295	0.09	0.766	−0.14	0.468
Insulin	0.32	0.307	−0.13	0.498	0.47	0.116	−0.13	0.590	−0.12	0.710	0.01	0.948	−0.28	0.367	−0.26	0.186
HOMA-IR	0.22	0.488	−0.11	0.579	0.39	0.206	−0.15	0.439	−0.21	0.492	−0.02	0.897	−0.26	0.413	−0.21	0.283
Adiponectin	0.09	0.802	0.16	0.444	−0.16	0.636	0.07	0.742	−0.07	0.833	−0.05	0.794	0.37	0.266	−0.29	0.151
Resistin	0.12	0.728	0.04	0.845	−0.17	0.614	0.60	0.001	−0.10	0.771	0.09	0.646	0.49	0.126	−0.08	0.700
ESR	−0.03	0.927	−0.18	0.386	−0.15	0.640	0.02	0.912	0.40	0.202	0.25	0.229	−0.02	0.956	0.02	0.939
CRP	−0.22	0.501	−0.15	0.470	−0.11	0.733	0.00	0.997	0.57	0.050	0.04	0.845	0.08	0.803	0.13	0.551

Data expressed as correlation coefficients (r) calculated using Pearson’s correlation test. BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TC: total cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HOMA-IR: homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; IL-12: interleukin 12; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α; TG: triglycerides.