Does insulin resistance co-exist with glucocorticoid resistance in the metabolic syndrome? Studies comparing skin sensitivity to glucocorticoids in individuals with and without acanthosis nigricans

Table 7 Parameter estimates for a generalized linear model with C-reactive protein as outcome variables

Parameter	B	Std. Error	Sig.	95% Confidence Interval
				Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Intercept	1.18	6.56	0.858	-11.90	14.26
BMI	-0.38	0.28	0.181	-0.94	0.18
Age (years)	0.29	0.09	0.002	0.11	0.48
Glucose (mg/dl)	-0.02	0.03	0.397	-0.08	0.03
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	0.04	0.02	0.008	0.01	0.08
Waist Circumference (cm)	0.04	0.09	0.673	-0.15	0.23
Acanthosis nigricans Grade 0	-0.64	3.32	0.847	-7.26	5.98
SVC	10.37	3.04	0.001	4.31	16.42
Acanthosis nigricans * SVC	10.10	3.39	0.004	-16.86	-3.34

Abbreviations: SVC = Skin vasoconstrictor assay to topical beclomethasone dipropionate;
BMI = Body mass index; '*' = interaction

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