Table 2.

Relationships between Fat Deposition and Plasma Adiponectin and Glucose Metabolism: Correlation Coefficients and Probability Values

	HGP	SGP	ISGD
Body mass index (BMI), kg/m2	−0.280 ± 0.21	−0.305 ± 0.080	0.130 ± 0.282
Visceral adipose tissue (VAT), cm2	0.344 ± 0.117	−0.673 ± 0.003*	−0.101 ± 0.328
Subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SAT), cm2	−0.378 ± 0.083	−0.098 ± 0.332	−0.127 ± 0.573
Thigh fat (TF), cm2	−0.185 ± 0.411	−0.171 ± 0.224	0.168 ± 0.455
Adiponectin, μg/mL	0.397 ± 0.070	0.191 ± 0.396	0.547 ± 0.008*

Statistical comparisons were made between BMI, VF, AF, TF, and adiponectin, and indices of glucose metabolism.

^*p < 0.05.