Table 3.

Correlation with serum irisin according to skeletal muscle mass to visceral fat area tertile

	Total (n = 424)	Lower tertile (n = 142)	Middle tertile (n = 141)	Upper tertile (n = 141)
Age	−0.17**	−0.06	−0.18*	−0.17*
Body mass index	−0.10*	0.05	−0.06	−0.22**
Waist circumference	−0.11*	0.01	−0.10	−0.20*
Systolic blood pressure	−0.11*	0.10	−0.20*	−0.14
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.14**	0.10	−0.22**	−0.25**
OGTT (0 min)	−0.25***	0.13	−0.21*	−0.52***
OGTT (120 min)	−0.00	0.11	−0.09	−0.07
A1c	−0.05	0.17*	−0.06	−0.27**
HOMA-IR	−0.18***	0.14	−0.20*	−0.37***
HOMA-B %	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.04
Total cholesterol	−0.16**	0.02	−0.14	−0.27**
Triglycerides	−0.21***	0.09	−0.25**	−0.37***
HDL cholesterol	0.13**	−0.02	0.13	0.21*
LDL cholesterol	−0.10	−0.03	−0.09	−0.20*
High-sensitivity CRP	0.12*	0.16	0.11	0.14

^* P < 0.05, ^** P < 0.01, ^*** P < 0.001