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. 2016 Sep 13;40(11):1649–1654. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2016.147

Table 2. Spearman correlation analyses of serum A-FABP levels.

Variable Men
Premenopausal women
Postmenopausal women
  r P r P r P
Body weight 0.398 <0.001 0.413 <0.001 0.383 <0.001
FM 0.448 <0.001 0.470 <0.001 0.432 <0.001
fat% 0.430 <0.001 0.459 <0.001 0.416 <0.001
FFM 0.268 <0.001 0.199 <0.001 0.195 <0.001
VFA 0.449 <0.001 0.406 <0.001 0.378 <0.001
SFA 0.415 <0.001 0.362 <0.001 0.283 <0.001
FPG 0.070 0.047 0.062 0.147 0.057 0.154
2hPG 0.096 0.007 0.081 0.059 0.093 0.019
HbA1c 0.010 0.789 0.095 0.027 0.114 0.004
HOMA-IR 0.362 <0.001 0.266 <0.001 0.290 <0.001
HOMA-β 0.331 <0.001 0.239 <0.001 0.263 <0.001
TC 0.061 0.087 0.091 0.034 0.097 0.015
TG 0.343 <0.001 0.257 <0.001 0.269 <0.001
HDL-c –0.310 <0.001 –0.121 0.005 –0.215 <0.001
LDL-c 0.105 0.003 0.169 <0.001 0.095 0.017
CRP 0.244 <0.001 0.277 <0.001 0.251 <0.001

Abbreviations: CRP, C-reactive protein; FFM, free fat mass; FM, fat mass; fat%, fat percentage; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HDL-c, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; 2hPG, 2-h plasma glucose; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin A1c; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance; HOMA-β, homeostasis model assessment-pancreatic β-cell secretion; LDL-c, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SFA, subcutaneous fat area; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; VFA, visceral fat area.