Fig. 3From: Changes in adipokine levels and metabolic profiles following bariatric surgeryHeatmap indicating Spearman correlation (r) between adipokines' levels and clinical biomarkers of all study groups. Statistically significant correlations (p < 0.05) are indicated with asterisk. The coefficient in each cell ranges from − 1 to 1. A negative value denotes a negative correlation (red), a positive value denotes a positive correlation (green), 1 indicates a complete correlation, and 0 indicates no correlationBack to article page