Impairment of gastrointestinal quality of life in severely obese patients

Table 5 Pearson correlation coefficients analysis between clinical and laboratory data and scores of different domains in the gastrointestinal quality-of-life index

Clinical and laboratory items	Total Score	Physical domain	Emotional domain	Social domain	Symptoms
	(36 items)	(7 items)	(5 items)	(5 items)	(19 items)
Age (yr)	-0.1353	-0.1262	-0.1543	-0.1773	NS
Sex	0.1472	0.1523	0.1983	0.1893	NS
BMI (BMI > 35 kg/m2)	0.1151	NS	0.1442	0.1221	NS
Weight (kg)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Waist circumference (cm)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Waist:hip ratio	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Systolic blood pressure	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Diastolic blood pressure	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
HbA1c	NS	NS	NS	NS	-0.1762
Fasting insulin (mU/L)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
C-Peptide (pmol/mL)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Fasting triglyceride (mmol/L)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Total protein (g/L)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Albumin (g/L)	NS	NS	NS	NS	0.0941
ALT	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
AST	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Alkaline phosphatase	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
HSCRP	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
WBC	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Hemoglobin	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
MCV	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS

¹Correlation is significant at 0.05 level (2-tail);

²Correlation is significant at 0.01 level (2-tail);

³Correlation is significant at 0.001 level (2-tail). HSCRP: High sensitive C-reactive protein; MCV: Mean cellular volume; HDL: High-density lipoprotein; WBC: White blood cells; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; BMI: Body mass index; HbA1c: Hemoglobin A1c; NS: Not significant.