. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 19.

Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2008 Sep;2(3):171–178. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2008.04.012

Table III.

Spearman correlation coefficients from analysis of associations of liver markers with metabolic abnormalities that define metabolic syndrome.

Liver markers	WC	TG	HDL-C	SBP	DBP	FPG
Men
AST	0.160 ^b	0.230 ^b	−0.014	0.132 ^b	0.100 ^a	0.103 ^a
ALT	0.340 ^b	0.356 ^b	−0.220 ^b	0.160 ^b	0.140 ^b	0.228 ^b
AST: ALT ratio	−0.379 ^b	−0.339 ^b	0.321 ^b	−0.140 ^b	−0.134 ^b	−0.247 ^b
ALP	0.093 ^a	0.179 ^b	−0.100 ^a	0.109 ^a	0.086	0.093 ^a
Women
AST	0.106 ^b	0.175 ^b	0.013	0.050	0.026	0.006
ALT	0.310 ^b	0.284 ^b	−0.178 ^b	0.189 ^b	0.117 ^b	0.150 ^b
AST: ALT ratio	−0.373 ^b	−0.276 ^b	0.268 ^b	−0.230 ^b	−0.154 ^b	−0.210 ^b
ALP	0.362 ^b	0.247 ^b	−0.084 ^a	0.233 ^b	0.179 ^b	0.206 ^b

p < 0.05,

p < 0.001

WC = waist circumference; TG = triglyceride; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; SBP = systolic blood pressure; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; FPG = fasting plasma glucose