Table 2.

Pearson partial correlation analysis of insulin sensitivity (S_I) and muscle lipid measures with total and regional adipose tissue depots

	SI	IMCL	EMCL
Total body fat mass	−0.19	0.42a	0.30b
Leg fat mass	−0.07	0.42a	0.39a
Calf fat mass	−0.10	0.39a	0.39a
SAAT	−0.02	0.30b	0.33b
IAAT	−0.49c	0.19	0.15
IMCL	−0.14	—	0.29b
EMCL	−0.09	0.36b	—

Data are adjusted for ethnicity and age. All variables are log transformed.

EMCL, extramyocellular lipid; IAAT, intra-abdominal adipose tissue; IMCL, intra-myocellular lipid; SAAT, subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue.

^aP < 0.01;

^bP < 0.05;

^cP < 0.001.