Table 2 Univariate analyses of the healthy controls (n = 90), chronic dialysis patients (HD; n = 127) and all subjects, including both the healthy controls and chronic dialysis patients (n = 217), with lower serum vaspin levels (Vaspin _Low ) using the circulating vaspin levels as dependent variables

r

P values

r

P values

r

P values

Age

0.0331

0.7663

-0.0827

0.3556

-0.1046

0.1309

BMI

0.1184

0.2866

0.0191

0.8638

0.2182

0.0047*

Waist circumference

0.0810

0.4667

0.0209

0.8154

0.0563

0.4171

Creatinine

-0.0192

0.8630

0.1526

0.0881

-0.7464

<0.0001*

Blood glucose

0.1772

0.1090

-0.0218

0.8096

-0.1764

0.0108*

Total cholesterol

0.1697

0.1250

0.0987

0.2962

0.5282

<0.0001*

HDL cholesterol

-0.1901

0.0852

0.0043

0.9634

0.4107

<0.0001*

TG

0.3430

0.0015*

0.1212

0.1991

0.1838

0.0097*

Albumin

-0.0149

0.8934

0.0741

0.4117

0.6462

<0.0001*

Hemoglobin

0.0066

0.9526

0.0352

0.6944

0.6784

<0.0001*