Table 3.

Correlations of plasma vitamin A and adjusted vitamin A levels with clinical and biochemical variables of the control and the obese subjects

	Control (n = 78)		Obese (n = 98)
	Vitamin A	Adjusted vitamin A	Vitamin A	Adjusted vitamin A
BMI	0.132	–0.085	–0.222*	–0.269**
Waist circumference	0.336	0.060	–0.161	–0.202*
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.320	0.082	–0.019	–0.059
HOMA-IR	0.148	0.135	0.073	0.092

BMI, body mass index. HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assesment. *p<0.05, **p<0.01.