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Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2010 Apr 22;89(3):288–295. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2010.03.028

Table 4.

Pearson correlations between CAD risk factors and regional adiposity in type 1 diabetes in the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study (N=163)

	% FM in Legs		% FM in Trunk
	Females (n=77)	Males (n=86)	Females (n=77)	Males (n=86)
*Clinical Characteristics*
Age (years)	.03	−.18	−.06	.15
Diabetes duration (yrs)	.03	−.09	−.08	−.01
Agatston CAC score^a	−.24	−.22	.24	.12
AER (μg/min)^b	−.28^c	−.31^c	.30^c	.23
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)^b	−.06	−.30^c	.10	.33^c
HbA1_c (%)	−.01	−.26	−.03	−.13
eGDR (mg/kg/min)	.41^c	.49^d	−.39^c	−.42^d
Resting heart rate (bpm)	−.10	−.23^c	.10	.23
Systolic BP (mmHg)	−.26^c	−.28^c	.32^c	.22^c
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	−.16	−.14	.24^c	.13
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	−.14	−.14	.18	.12
DLc (mg/dL)	−.19	−.23	.25	.20
HDLc (mg/dL)	.15	.17	−.11	−.22
Non-HDLc (mg/dL)	−.25^c	−.22^c	.28^c	.22^c
Triglycerides (mg/dL)^b	−.31^c	−.28^c	.29^c	.34^c
*Anthropometry*
BMI (kg/m²)	−.46^d	−.43^d	.57^d	.55^d
Waist circumference (cm)	−.66^d	−.50^d	.74^d	.62^d
Waist-Hip Ratio	−.57^d	−.59^d	.56^d	.60^d
Total FM (kg)	−.48^d	−.43^d	.61^d	.62^d
%FM	−.48^d	−.46^d	.59^d	.66^d
Arm FM (kg)	−.67^d	−.38^c	.69^d	.48^d
Leg FM (kg)	.19	−.01	−.02	−.24^c
Trunk FM (kg)	−.72^d	−.60^d	.82^d	.77^d
% FM in Arms	−.67^d	−.12	.48^d	-.07
% FM in Legs	--	--	−.96^d	−.92^d
% FM in Trunk	−.96^d	−.92^d	--	--

Data presented as correlation coefficients

Log-transformed +1 before statistical testing

Log-transformed before statistical testing

p<0.05

p<0.01

Abbreviations: CAC, coronary artery calcification; AER, albumin excretion rate; eGDR, estimated glucose disposal rate; FM, fat mass.