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Table 5 Relationship between body composition and cardiometabolic risk markers

From: Sex differences in body composition and association with cardiometabolic risk

 

Lower extremity fat/total fat

Appendicular lean mass/weight

 

Men

Women

Men

Women

 

r

p

r

p

r

p

r

p

Fasting glucose

0.0002

1.0

− 0.17

0.08*#

− 0.20

0.06*#

− 0.20

0.03

2-h glucose

− 0.16

0.2*

− 0.36

0.0002*#

− 0.08

0.5

− 0.14

0.1

Fasting insulin

− 0.26

0.05*#

− 0.40

0.0005*#

− 0.48

< 0.0001*#

− 0.16

0.2

HOMA-IR

− 0.24

0.06*#

− 0.40

0.0004*#

− 0.49

< 0.0001*#

− 0.17

0.2

Total cholesterol

− 0.09

0.4

− 0.13

0.2

0.03

0.8

− 0.21

0.02#

HDL cholesterol

0.22

0.05*

0.10

0.3

0.13

0.2

0.08

0.4*

LDL cholesterol

− 0.10

0.4

− 0.09

0.4

0.07

0.5

− 0.19

0.04#

Triglyceride level

− 0.20

0.08

− 0.25

0.01*#

− 0.14

0.2

− 0.24

0.009

Apolipoprotein B (ApoB)

− 0.10

0.5

− 0.25

0.03*#

0.09

0.5

− 0.21

0.06#

ApoB/LDL

− 0.20

0.1

− 0.27

0.02*

− 0.13

0.3

− 0.14

0.2

hsCRP

− 0.08

0.6

− 0.17

0.3

− 0.40

0.003*

− 0.35

0.02

Fibrinogen

− 0.29

0.02*

− 0.09

0.4

− 0.41

0.001*

− 0.37

0.0008*

  1. Abbreviations: HOMA-IR homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, hsCRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein
  2. *Significant after controlling for age
  3. #Significant after controlling for BMI