Table 3.

Pearson’s correlation between HOMA-IR index and classical predictors for insulin resistance in male and female study participants

	log HOMA-IR index
	Male (n = 195)		Female (n = 239)
	r	p-value	r	p-value
log BMI (kg/m2)	0.518	< 0.001***	0.461	< 0.001***
log VAI	0.387	< 0.001***	0.417	< 0.001***
log FM (Kg)	0.564	< 0.001***	0.439	< 0.001***

^***p–value ≤ 0.001

r, Pearson Correlation Coefficient; BMI, body mass index; FM, fat mass; VAI, visceral adiposity index