Table 4

Serum adipocytokine concentrations and associations with MetS and its components in SLE

	Resistin			MCP-1			TNF			Insulin			Lipocalin-2			IL-6
Median (range) concentration pg/mL (n=59)	2756 (598–21 107)			356 (94–1165)			99 (0–420)			3837 (584–94 446)			2,751 (1656–47,20)			69 (0–496)
Associations	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P
MetS	0.17	0.04 to 0.70	0.01	0.8	0.25 to 2.59	0.71	0.88	0.27 to 2.83	0.82	0.44	0.12 to 1.67	0.23	0.25	0.07 to 0.92	0.04	0.8	0.25 to 2.59	0.71
Arterial hypertension	0.47	0.17 to 1.33	0.16	2.83	0.98 to 8.12	0.05	0.35	0.12 to 1.02	0.05	0.73	0.24 to 2.20	0.58	0.54	0.19 to 1.52	0.24	0.54	0.19 to 1.52	0.23
Obesity	1	1.00 to 1.00	.	1	1.00 to 1.00	.	1	1.00 to 1.00	.	0.43	0.04 to 4.42	0.48	0.3	(.03 to 3.05	0.31	0.96	0.13 to 7.34	0.97
Hypertriglyceridaemia	0.27	0.08 to 0.91	0.03	0.95	0.31 to 2.89	0.93	1.45	0.48 to 4.41	0.52	0.44	0.13 to 1.52	0.19	0.5	0.16 to 1.54	0.23	0.69	0.23 to 2.10	0.52
Low HDL	0.46	0.16 to 1.31	0.15	1.24	0.44 to 3.47	0.68	1.4	0.50 to 3.93	0.52	0.69	0.23 to 2.10	0.52	0.41	0.14 to 1.17	0.09	1.24	0.44 to 3.47	0.68
Hyperglycaemia	0.72	0.21 to 2.40	0.59	1.39	0.42 to 4.67	0.59	0.49	0.14 to 1.68	0.25	0.81	0.22 to 2.92	0.75	0.96	0.29 to 3.17	0.94	0.66	0.20 to 2.20	0.5

Median levels used as reference.
HDL, high-density lipoproteins; IL, interleukin; MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; MetS, metabolic syndrome; TNF, tumour necrosis factor.