Table 2.

Correlation between metabolic score and stress (by cortisol), inflammation (by Hs-CRP), HbA1C%, OGTT values, HOMA IR, fasting glucose levels, and fitness variables (PP Population).

Metabolic Score with Sleep, Stress, Inflammation, HbA1C %, OGTT, HOMA-IR and GMI	Statistics	Healthy (N = 53)	Pre-diabetic (N = 52)
Stress	Correlation coefficient	− 0.05	0.16
	p-value	0.6023*	0.1142*
Inflammation	Correlation coefficient	− 0.16	− 0.38
	p-value	0.2748*	0.0055*
HbA1C (%)	Correlation coefficient	− 0.15	− 0.36
	p-value	0.1397	0.0002
OGTT	Correlation coefficient	− 0.27	− 0.42
	p-value	0.0056*	< 0.0001*
HOMA-IR	Correlation coefficient	− 0.37	− 0.43
	p-value	0.0113*	0.0036*
Fasting blood glucose	Correlation coefficient	0.01	− 0.15
	p-value	0.9186	0.1189
Step count	Correlation coefficient	− 0.004	0.07
	p-value	0.908	0.0978
Heart rate	Correlation coefficient	− 0.13	− 0.08
	p-value	0.0006	0.0380
Sleep duration	Correlation coefficient	0.12	− 0.08
	p-value	0.0014	0.0356

p-value based on Pearson correlation & spearman correlation test. * represents Spearman Correlation test.