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. 2020 Mar 30;64(4):436–444. doi: 10.20945/2359-3997000000230

Table 2. Spearman's correlation for measures of body composition and metabolic parameters according to sex.

  Total (n = 298) Male (n = 136) Female (n = 162)



r p r p r p
Measures of body composition            
 Weight (kg) -0.0410 0.4803 -0.0348 0.6876 -0.0373 0.6371
 Height (m) -0.0773 0.1833 -0.0801 0.3537 --0.1112 0.1590
 BMI (kg/m2) -0.0074 0.8988 -0.0338 0.6957 0.0046 0.9535
 WC (cm) (n = 296) 0.0020 0.9724 0.0107 0.9026 -0.0055 0.9448
 HC (cm) (n = 296) -0.0071 0.9033 -0.0244 0.7796 -0.0070 0.9293
 W/H ratio (n = 296) 0.0115 0.8438 0.0379 0.6641 0.0037 0.9628
 Total body fat (%) 0.0078 0.8933 -0.0237 0.7839 0.0278 0.7251
 Total body fat (kg) -0.0109 0.8509 -0.0360 0.6774 0.0039 0.9605
 Android fat (%) 0.0105 0.8568 -0.0041 0.9618 0.0315 0.6910
 Gynoid fat (%) -0.0011 0.9846 -0.0337 0.6967 0.0012 0.9876
 A/G rate 0.0000 0.9993 0.0545 0.5289 -0.0399 0.6139
 FMI (kg/m2) -0.0052 0.9286 -0.0346 0.6890 0.0100 0.8992
 Visceral Adipose Tissue (cm3) 0.0067 0.9088 -0.0094 0.9133 0.0200 0.8004
 Visceral Adipose Tissue (g) -0.0016 0.9776 -0.0001 0.9992 -0.0073 0.9262
Metabolic parameters            
 Insulin (mUI/mL) (n = 296) -0.0728 0.2119 -0.0106 0.9024 -0.1314 0.0978
 Blood glucose (mg/dL) (n = 297) -0.1103 0.0577 -0.0195 0.8220 -0.1799* 0.0224
 HOMA-IR (n = 296) -0.0685 0.2403 0.0337 0.6965 -0.1617* 0.0411
 HOMA-β (n = 296) -0.0101 0.8629 -0.0274 0.7519 -0.0040 0.9602
 QUICKI (n = 296) 0.0685 0.2403 -0.0337 0.6965 0.1617* 0.0411
 TC (mg/dL) (n = 289) -0.0289 0.6252 -0.0205 0.8147 -0.0327 0.6852
 HDL-c (mg/dL) (n = 289) 0.0608 0.3028 0.0754 0.3881 0.0369 0.6470
 LDL-c (mg/dL) (n = 289) -0.0273 0.6445 -0.0267 0.7601 -0.0327 0.6856
 VLDL-c (mg/dL) (n = 289) 0.0381 0.5191 -0.0285 0.7448 0.1013 0.2083
 No-HDL- c (mg/dL) (n = 289) -0.0149 0.8005 -0.0186 0.8321 -0.0192 0.8117
 TG (mg/dL) (n = 289) 0.0379 0.5209 -0.0308 0.7247 0.1036 0.1982

BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; HC: hip circumference; W/H ratio: waist-hip ratio; A/G rate: android-gynoid rate; FMI: Fat Mass Index; HOMA-IR: Homeostasis Model Assessment Estimate for Insulin Resistance; HOMA-β: Homeostasis Model Assessment Estimate for β Cell Function; QUICKI: Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index; TC: Total Cholesterol; HDL-c: High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; LDL-c: Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; VLDL-c: Very Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; Non-HDL-c: non-HDL cholesterol; TG: Triacylglycerol. * p < 0.05 (Spearman Correlation Test).