Table 3.

The Correlation of Total Cholesterol, Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Insulin, and Glucose Levels in Basal and Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

		Fe	Mn	Mg	Cu	Zn	Co	Pb
Glu.
Glu. 0 min.	r	0.177	0.300	0.011	0.139	0.124	−0.077	0.238
	P	.368	.107	.953	.464	.512	.686	.205
Glu. 120 min.	r	0.954	0.200	0.446	0.234	0.667	0.763	0.960
	P	.023	.432	.056	.256	.213	.290	.186
Hba1c (%)	r	0.142	0.141	−0.249	−0.117	−0.112	−0.068	0.076
	P	.910	.017	.767	.172	.259	.120	.326
Ins. 0 min.	r	0.370	0.185	−0.025	−0.064	−0.094	−0.231	−0.246
	P	.053	.328	.896	.737	.620	.220	.190
Ins 30 min.	r	0.584**	0.206	−0.152	0.040	0.016	−0.027	−0.193
	P	.001	.275	.422	.832	.933	.886	.307
Ins. 60 min.	r	0.422*	0.248	−0.077	0.109	−0.054	−0.062	−0.229
	P	.025	.186	.688	.567	.775	.743	.224
Ins. 90 min.	r	0.100	0.355	0.111	0.320	0.080	−0.120	−0.234
	P	.611	.055	.559	.085	.676	.527	.214
Ins. 120 min.	r	0.223	0.370	−0.041	0.356	0.194	0.356	0.274
	P	.273	.052	.836	.063	.323	.063	.158
Ins. peak.	r	0.587**	0.227	−0.135	0.099	0.015	−0.029	0.250
	P	.001	.227	.477	.602	.939	.880	.183
Ins ave.	r	0.298	−0.110	−0.324	−0.018	−0.281	0.082	0.261
	P	.216	.646	.163	.941	.230	.731	.266
Total Chol. mg/dL)	r	−0.232	−0.071	−0.269	−0.063	−0.204	0.004	0.050
	P	.253	.718	.167	.751	.297	.982	.799
LDL Chol. (mg/dL)	r	0.069	−0.044	−0.169	0.037	−0.113	0.057	−0.106
	P	.743	.828	.400	.856	.574	.779	.599

P-value is significant when less than .05.

Chol., cholesterol; Glu., glucose (mg/dL); Ins. ave., insulin average (mU/L); Ins. peak., insulin peak value (mU/L); Min., minute.