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Published in final edited form as: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2023 Oct 29;34(3):633–641. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2023.10.026

Table 2.

Association of plasma sphingolipids with HOMA2-%S and oral disposition index

ln (HOMA2-%S) at baseline ln (DIo) at baseline
β-coefficient (95% CI) P value Q value β-coefficient (95% CI) P value Q value
lnCer-C16:0 −0.201 (−0.362, −0.041) 0.014 0.035 −0.301 (−0.582, −0.020) 0.036 0.133
lnCer-C18:0 −0.144 (−0.245, −0.043) 0.005 0.017 −0.038 (−0.216, 0.197) 0.670 0.931
lnCer-C20:0 −0.208 (−0.326, −0.091) 0.001 0.010 −0.198 (−0.408, 0.011) 0.063 0.157
lnCer-C22:0 −0.194 (−0.315, −0.074) 0.002 0.010 −0.222 (−0.434, −0.011) 0.040 0.133
lnGluCer-C22:0 −0.042 (−0.153, 0.069) 0.463 0.514 0.103 (−0.091, 0.299) 0.297 0.594
lnGluCer-C24:0 −0.072 (−0.189, 0.038) 0.215 0.275 −0.004 (−0.202, 0.194) 0.969 0.969
lnLacCer-C16:0 0.076 (−0.045, 0.197) 0.220 0.275 0.018 (−0.194, 0.231) 0.868 0.964
lnSM-C16:0 0.196 (0.018, 0.374) 0.031 0.052 −0.051 (−0.365, 0.261) 0.745 0.931
lnSM-C18:0 −0.051 (−0.245, 0.143) 0.607 0.607 −0.120 (−0.460, 0.219) 0.487 0.811
lnSM-C20:0 −0.226 (−0.441, −0.023) 0.029 0.052 −0.401 (−0.766, −0.032) 0.031 0.133
ln (Change of HOMA2-%S)* ln (Change of DIo)**
β-coefficient (95% CI) P value Q value β-coefficient (95% CI) P value Q value
lnCer-C16:0 −0.189 (−0.318, −0.061) 0.004 0.010 −0.028 (−0.085, 0.029) 0.314 0.628
lnCer-C18:0 −0.188 (−0.267, −0.108) <0.001 <0.003 −0.021 (−0.057, 0.015) 0.260 0.628
lnCer-C20:0 −0.160 (−0.257, −0.064) 0.001 0.003 −0.025 (−0.068, 0.017) 0.241 0.628
lnCer-C22:0 −0.173 (−0.270, −0.076) <0.001 <0.003 −0.013 (−0.055, 0.031) 0.567 0.652
lnGluCer-C22:0 −0.068 (−0.156, 0.021) 0.136 0.194 0.014 (−0.025, 0.054) 0.446 0.650
lnGluCer-C24:0 −0.047 (−0.138, 0.044) 0.309 0.354 0.006 (−0.034, 0.046) 0.778 0.778
lnLacCer-C16:0 −0.027 (−0.124, 0.071) 0.591 0.591 0.033 (−0.010, 0.076) 0.135 0.628
lnSM-C16:0 0.147 (0.003, 0.290) 0.045 0.075 0.070 (0.007, 0.134) 0.030 0.300
lnSM-C18:0 −0.167 (−0.322, −0.012) 0.035 0.070 −0.020 (−0.089, 0.050) 0.587 0.652
lnSM-C20:0 −0.086 (−0.256, 0.084) 0.319 0.354 −0.029 (−0.104, 0.046) 0.455 0.650

Model was adjusted for age, sex, BMI, LDL-C, physical activity and smoking status.

*, **

Additionally adjusted for baseline *HOMA2-S or **DIo.

Corrected for multiple comparison with Benjamini–Hochberg method (with FDR of 0.05).

HOMA2-S, homeostasis model assessment of insulin sensitivity; DIo, oral disposition index; BMI, body mass index; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein-cholesterol; FDR, false discovery rate; Cer, ceramide; GluCer, glucosylceramide; LacCer, lactosylceramide; SM, sphingomyelin.