Table 4.

Associations of serum IGFBP2, body composition, and metabolic variables with LSM.

	Model 1		Model 2
	r value	P value	r value	P value
IGFBP2 (ng/mL)	0.059	0.272	0.069	0.202
BMI (kg/m2)	0.441	<0.001*	−0.056	0.300
WHR (%)	0.290	<0.001*	−0.013	0.807
VFA (cm2)	0.253	<0.001*	−0.082	0.129
BFM (kg)	0.380	<0.001*	−0.083	0.122
ALT (U/L)	0.380	<0.001*	0.290	<0.001*
AST (U/L)	0.435	<0.001*	0.329	<0.001*
GGT (U/L)	0.385	<0.001*	0.267	<0.001*
TC (mmol/L)	0.062	0.250	0.101	0.062
TG (mmol/L)	0.149	0.005*	0.096	0.074
HDL-C (mmol/L)	−0.115	0.032*	−0.061	0.256
LDL-C (mmol/L)	0.086	0.112	0.108	0.044*
FPG (mmol/L)	0.168	0.002*	0.173	0.001*
HbA1c (%)	0.237	<0.001*	0.195	<0.001*
FINS (mU/L)	0.395	<0.001*	0.231	<0.001*
HOMA-IR	0.401	<0.001*	0.251	<0.001*
HOMA-β	0.297	<0.001*	0.131	0.015*
UA (umol/L)	0.335	<0.001*	0.196	<0.001*

Note: Correlation analyses were conducted to examine the association between LSM and possible factors. Model 1: no variable adjustment (Pearson); Model 2: adjusted for age, height, and weight based on Model 1 (Partial). The parameters LSM, IGFBP2, VFA, BMI, WC, BFM, AST, ALT, GGT, TC, TG, HDL-C, FPG, HbA1c, FINS, HOMA-IR, HOMA-β, and UA, with a skewed distribution, underwent log(x) transformation to achieve a normal distribution before analysis.

^*Significance, P < 0.05.