Table 5

Spearman rank correlations between body mass index or 12 month change in eGFR with baseline measures of adiposity, inflammation and kidney damage

Adiponectin		Leptin	IL-6	hs-CRP	PCR	Waist	Conicity index	BMI	Cystatin-C
No CKD
BMI	−0.087	0.774	0.262	0.164	−0.093	0.948	0.599	1	−0.01
P value	0.5	<0.001	0.06	0.3	0.5	<0.001	<0.001	–	0.9
eGFR change	0.07	−0.083	−0.361	−0.152	−0.138	0.065	−0.026	0.031	−0.44
P value	0.7	0.6	0.02	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.8	<0.01
Pre-existing CKD
BMI	−0.310	0.666	−0.062	0.22	0.015	0.921	0.396	1	−0.1
P value	0.03	<0.001	0.7	0.1	0.9	<0.001	<0.01	–	0.5
eGFR change	−0.18	0.281	−0.410	−0.021	−0.21	0.186	0.098	0.215	−0.05
P value	0.3	0.1	0.02	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.2	0.8

BMI, body mass index; CKD, chronic kidney disease; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; hs-CRP, high sensitivity C reactive protein; IL-6, interleukin 6; PCR, urinary protein to creatinine ratio.