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. 2009 Jun 16;94(9):3440–3447. doi: 10.1210/jc.2009-0053

Table 2.

Spearman correlations of IMTG, DAG, ceramides, and insulin sensitivity, with various anthropometric and clinical variables

Independent variables	Dependent variables
Independent variables	IMTG	DAG	Ceramides	GDR
Age (yr)	0.33^a	0.22	0.29	−0.34
BMI (kg/m²)	0.32^a	0.12	0.22	−0.48^b
Body fat (%)	0.63^c	0.27	0.32	−0.37^a
Fasting FFAs (mmol/liter)	0.28	0.05	0.31	−0.44^a
GDR (mg/min⁻¹ · kg EMBS⁻¹)	−0.48^b	−0.34^a	−0.49^b
IMTG (μg/mg)		0.38^a	0.51^b	−0.48^b
DAG (μg/mg)	0.38^a		0.54^c	−0.34^a
Ceramides (nmol/mg)	0.51^b	0.54^c		−0.49^b
Muscle TAGH (nmol/min⁻¹ · mg⁻¹)	0.42^b	0.34^a	0.44^b	−0.04
Muscle DAGH (nmol/min⁻¹ · mg⁻¹)	−0.26	−0.23	−0.30	0.46^b
Muscle DAGH/TAGH	−0.57^c	−0.50^c	−0.44^b	0.36^a

Value are given as the Spearman correlation coefficient.

^a

P < 0.05.

^b

P < 0.01.

^c

P < 0.001.