Table 3.
Pearson bivariate correlations between fasting glucose and other variables in male and female, respectively.
| Male (n = 900) | Female (n = 592) | |||
| Factors | r | P value | r | P value |
| Age (years) | 0.031 | .351 | 0.153 | .000 |
| Height (cm) | −0.029 | .382 | −0.035 | .395 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.068 | .043 | 0.087 | .035 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 0.094 | .005 | 0.117 | .005 |
| WC (cm) | 0.095 | .004 | 0.139 | .001 |
| WHR | 0.100 | .003 | 0.092 | .025 |
| SBP (mm Hg) | 0.129 | .000 | 0.193 | .000 |
| DBP (mm Hg) | 0.096 | .004 | 0.171 | .000 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 0.142 | .000 | 0.159 | .000 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 0.093 | .005 | 0.099 | .016 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | −0.034 | .416 | −0.193 | .000 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 0.076 | .068 | 0.098 | .055 |
| ALT (U/L) | 0.201 | .000 | 0.184 | .000 |
| AST (U/L) | 0.135 | .000 | 0.113 | .036 |
ALT = alanine aminotransferase, AST = asparagine aminotransferase, BMI = body mass index, DBP = diastolic blood pressure, FG = fasting glucose, HDL-C = high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, LDL-C = low density lipoprotein-cholesterol, SBP = systolic blood pressure, TC = total cholesterol, TG = triglycerides, WC = waist circumference, WHR = waist-hip ratio.