Table 2.

Pearson’s correlations between log-transformed ANGPTLs and anthropometric and metabolic variables at baseline

	ANGPTL3		ANGPTL8
	r	P	r	P
Height (cm)	−0.059	0.366	−0.111	0.089
Weight (kg)	−0.038	0.562	−0.068	0.302
BMI (kg/m2)	−0.016	0.804	−0.017	0.789
WC (cm)	−0.002	0.978	−0.071	0.278
SBP (mmHg)	0.023	0.723	0.111	0.090
DBP (mmHg)	0.094	0.145	0.009	0.886
FPG (mmol/L)	−0.112	0.084	0.093	0.153
TC (mmol/L)	−0.045	0.490	0.035	0.595
TG (mmol/L)	0.042	0.521	0.168	0.010*
HDL-C (mmol/L)	−0.016	0.804	−0.053	0.414
AST (IU/L)	0.108	0.094	0.091	0.162
ALT (IU/L)	0.131	0.042*	−0.022	0.732
Insulin (μIU/ml)	0.248	<0.001*	−0.010	0.881
HOMA-IR	0.197	0.002*	0.018	0.784
HOMA-β	0.055	0.401	0.006	0.927

BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, FPG fasting plasma glucose, TC total cholesterol, TG triglycerides, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, HOMA-IR homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance

* P < 0.05