Table 3 The pearson correlation coefficients between ceramides and inflammatory factors for the whole study population (n = 216)
|  | TNF-α | IL6 | IL8 | hs-CRP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
r | P | r | P | r | P | r | P | |
Cer (d18:1/16:0) | -0.081 | 0.236 | 0.027 | 0.696 | -0.030 | 0.664 | 0.127 | 0.063 |
Cer (d18:1/18:0) | -0.035 | 0.606 | -0.043 | 0.533 | -0.098 | 0.152 | 0.138 | 0.043 |
Cer (d18:1/24:0) | -0.124 | 0.069 | -0.041 | 0.544 | -0.046 | 0.497 | 0.099 | 0.148 |
Cer (d18:1/24:1) | -0.070 | 0.308 | -0.084 | 0.220 | -0.066 | 0.332 | 0.040 | 0.186 |
Cer (d18:1/14:0) | -0.131 | 0.055 | -0.077 | 0.258 | -0.019 | 0.786 | 0.087 | 0.205 |
Cer (d18:1/20:0) | -0.094 | 0.171 | -0.130 | 0.057 | -0.085 | 0.216 | 0.139 | 0.042 |
Cer (d18:1/22:0) | -0.136 | 0.045 | -0.099 | 0.149 | -0.050 | 0.465 | 0.127 | 0.063 |