The role of mediastinal adipose tissue 11β-hydroxysteroid d ehydrogenase type 1 and glucocorticoid expression in the development of coronary atherosclerosis in obese patients with ischemic heart disease

Table 2 Spearman correlation matrix of gene expression of 11β-HSD1 and GCR in epicardial (EAT), mediastinal (MAT) and subcutaneous (SAT) adipose tissues with study variables for obese CAD group (n = 31)

Variables	11 β-HSD1 (EAT)		11 β-HSD1 (MAT)		11 β-HSD1 (SAT)		GCR (EAT)		GCR (MAT)		GCR (SAT)
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
Weight	0.442	0.006	0.340	0.027	0.570	0.000	0.133	0.666	0.691	0.009	0.492	0.088
BMI	0.159	0.363	0.269	0.118	0.152	0.384	0.314	0.07	0.317	0.060	0.429	0.009
Waist circumference	0.017	0.926	0.244	0.171	0.1	0.58	0.520	0.002	0.400	0.019	0.239	0.189
Fat (kg)	0.249	0.15	0.248	0.151	0.233	0.177	0.261	0.135	0.236	0.18	0.285	0.102
Epicardial fat (cm³)	0.447	0.009	0.240	0.179	0.330	0.061	0.121	0.501	0.146	0.418	0.202	0.256
Subcutaneous fat (cm³)	0.068	0.702	0.207	0.239	0.117	0.510	0.207	0.240	0.243	0.167	0.176	0.318
11 β-HSD1 (EAT)			0.398	0.015	0.574	0.000	0.394	0.018	0.292	0.084	0.381	0.022
11 β-HSD1 (MAT)					0.393	0.016	0.471	0.004	0.529	0.001	0.400	0.16
11 β-HSD1 (SAT)							0.358	0.032	0.374	0.025	0.335	0.046
GCR (EAT)									0.496	0.002	0.389	0.01
GCR (MAT)											0.580	0.000

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